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Nicola Benedetti pops in

Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack and superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti chats to Tom about everything from Edinburgh International Festival to music education.

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend!

Nicola Benedetti - superstar violinist and artistic director of Edinburgh International Festival - joins Tom to talk about what matters to her ahead of her epic solo tour in the autumn.

Will Pound (harmonica and melodeon) and Delia Stevens (multi-instrumentalist) join Tom live in the studio with their reimaginings of Holst's The Planets and to bring Saturday Morning vibes ahead of their appearances at Fishguard International Festival, and FolkEast Festival in Suffolk.

Plus the continuation of 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥 Norwegian composer, improviser and rock guitarist 脴yvind Torvund marks generative A.I鈥檚 breakthrough year 2023 in his new work for the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.

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3 hours

Last on

Sat 5 Jul 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    String Octet in B-Flat Major, Op. Posth: III. Allegro Molto

    Ensemble: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players.
    • Bruch: String Quintets & Octet.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Op. 12: No. 1, La gallina

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Terra Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314: III. Rondo. Allegretto

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Abbado A-Z: Mozart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 186.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O rubor sanguinis

    Performer: Marijn Cinjee. Singer: Julia Sinclair.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusine Op.32

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio M茅ndez.
    • Schumann & Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • LINN.
    • 4.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • James Scott Skinner

    Hurricane Set

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tony Byrne. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Ewen Vernal. Music Arranger: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: 脡amon Doorley.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in F major Op 4 No 2

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • NAIVE.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gaston Litaize. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony, Danse Macabre, Le Deluge: Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B minor RV386

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Ensemble: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Baroque.
    • Decca.
    • 10-12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Beethoven: Violin Concerto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Seong鈥怞in Cho.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony in G Minor, WoO 29 "Zwickauer": II. Andantino quasi allegretto - Interm

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Forgotten Symphonies.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 2.
  • Catrin Finch

    Celtic Concerto

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Highland Spirit.
    • Decca.
    • 20-22.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis.
    • Gimell Records.
    • 01.
  • John Lennon

    Norwegian Wood

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Delia Stevens. Performer: Will Pound.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Concerto for piano and strings, 1st mvt Allegro assai

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Delia Stevens

    Ascending

    Composer: Will Pound. Performer: Delia Stevens. Performer: Will Pound.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter from The Planets Suite

    Performer: Delia Stevens. Performer: Will Pound. Music Arranger: Delia Stevens. Music Arranger: Will Pound.
  • Charles Gounod

    Jewel Song from Faust

    Singer: Carolina L贸pez Moreno. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Maurizio Benini.
  • 脴yvind Torvund

    Among the Clouds

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.
  • William Walton

    Belshazzar's Feast - X Then Sing Aloud to God Our Strength

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus.
    • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast, Symphony No. 1.
    • LSO Live.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Jul 2025 09:00