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Tom with Penguin Cafe and Jake Heggie

Tom plays classical music to start your weekend.

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Tarentelle Op.6

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Synergy.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, mein Licht (Cantata no.129)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 19.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Decca.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Navarra

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 2 in G Major, Op 18 No 2

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 5-8.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Symphony in C sharp minor 'Grand Guerre' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 33.
  • Francesco Barsanti

    Gilderoy / Highland Laddie / Clout the Caldron

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • SELF RELEASE.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano sonata in B major D.575 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Âé¶¹Éç recording.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano sonata in A minor D.537 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Âé¶¹Éç recording.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G major for recorder, oboe, violin and continuo TWV.43:G6

    Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos: Musica Alta Ripa.
    • MDG.
    • 16.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.
  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Violin sonata in B minor Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Duo Concertante.
    • Maier _ Franck _ Schumann: Sonatas for Violin & Piano.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Introduction and Fandango

    Music Arranger: Katona Twins. Ensemble: Katona Twins. Performer: Wietse Beels. Performer: Gudrun Vercampt. Performer: Vincent Hepp. Performer: Martijn Vink.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Valse)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Consuelo. Conductor: Victor Julien-Laferrière.
    • Tchaikovsky: Suites 1 & 2.
    • Mirare.
    • 8.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Ensemble: Penguin Cafe.
    • Âé¶¹Éç recording.
  • Simon Jeffes

    In the Back of a Taxi

    Ensemble: Penguin Cafe.
    • Âé¶¹Éç recording.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Sicilian Vespers (Bolero - Merci, jeunes amies)

    Singer: Joyce El-Khoury. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in F major K.590 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony no.1 Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • John Dowland

    My Lady Hunsdons Puffe

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • Dowland: Lute Music, Vol. 1 - Fancyes, Dreams and Spirits: North.
    • Naxos.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor Op.46 no.8

    Music Arranger: Unknown. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Nov 2025 09:00