Sara meets Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Canadian pianist Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin in between takes for his next album on the Hyperion label. He gives an exclusive performance for 麻豆社 Radio 3 and talks about his latest album which includes music by Frank Zappa, John Cage and his own compositions.
Anoushka Shankar, superstar of the sitar, chats to Sara about what it meant to receive the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation earlier this week. She reflects on how she went about carving her own path as a sitar player pushing musical boundaries, what makes a great collaboration, and, having added another two to her belt this week, how Grammy nominations have punctuated her musical and family life over the past 25 years.
We also hear from composer Laura Karpman and conductor Marin Alsop about the upcoming world premiere of a full orchestral version of Laura's opera 'Balls', recreating the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Serenade Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Director: Antje Weithaas.- Dvo艡谩k: Violin Concerto in A Minor; Serenade for Strings.
- CAvi-music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor BWV.232 (Sanctus)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
- harmonia mundi.
- 10.
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Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅
La catedral (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Profesion.
- Pentatone.
- 3.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (4th mvt)
Performer: Nicola Boud. Performer: Anthony Romaniuk.- Fuga Libera.
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Kevin Puts
Marimba concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
- Naxos.
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Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
Harpsichord suite no.2 [Pi猫ces de clavecin] (L'aimable)
Performer: David Fray.- Baroque Encores.
- Warner Classics.
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Joseph Canteloube
Ba茂l猫ro (Chants d'Auvergne Set 1)
Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Louise H茅ritte-Viardot
Piano quartet no.1 in A major Op.9 'Im Sommer' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos.
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Johannes Lupi
Quam pulchra es
Choir: Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
- Hyperion.
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Radam茅s Gnattali
Vaidosa no.1
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- Private recording.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat major D.960 (1st mvt)
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- Hyperion.
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Franz Liszt
Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S.173)
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- 麻豆社 recording.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in D major Wq.61`2
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas & Rondos.
- Hyperion.
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John Cage
Crotchet = 176 (or Faster) - extract (The Perilous Night)
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- Hyperion.
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John Oswald
z24
Composer: Richard Strauss. Performer: Sushi Dart Scar.- SEELAND.
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John Oswald
Tip
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.- Found Objects / Sound Objects.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's suite Op.29 no.2 (Finale - The Dargason)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Onyx Classics.
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Josephine Lang
Wie gl盲nzt so hell dein Auge
Music Arranger: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin.- 脗mes s艙urs.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Gioachino Rossini
Quant'猫 grato all'alma mia (Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra)
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.- Colbran, The Muse.
- Virgin Classics.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring - Suite (extract)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Anna Meredith
Spook
Performer: Tom Kerstens. Performer: Karen Hutt. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.- Ignite: New Music for Guitar, Vol. 3.
- BGS Records.
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Franz Schubert
Am Tage aller Seelen (Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen) D.343a
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.- Harmonia mundi.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.81 in G major H.1.81 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha Classics.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
13 Preludes Op.32 (no.5 in G major)
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Naxos.
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Anoushka Shankar
Hiraeth
- LEITER.
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Anoushka Shankar
In The End (Chapter 2: How Dark It Is Before Dawn)
Performer: Danny Keane.- 麻豆社 recording.
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Anoushka Shankar
We Return to Love
Performer: Alam Khan. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Sarathy Korwar.- LEITER.
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Anoushka Shankar
Daybreak
- LEITER VERLAG.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Glagolitic Mass (Intrada)
Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Edward Gardner. Choir: Bergen Filharmoniske Kor. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Orchestral Works, Vol. 3: Glagolitic Mass.
- Chandos.
- 08.
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Lux Aeterna.
- Hyperion.
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Broadcast
- Sat 15 Nov 2025 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3