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Electrifying jazz from composer and pianist Hiromi

Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack! The astounding pianist Hiromi performs an exclusive session, plus live music from ZRI and Tom chats to composer Errollyn Wallen.

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

The astounding Japanese jazz composer and pianist Hiromi performs an exclusive session in the Saturday Morning studio. Known for her dazzling technique and boundless love of music, Hiromi chats to Tom about learning classical and jazz together as a child, how she gets to know all 88 notes on a piano equally and why Chopin can always swing.

Composer Errollyn Wallen talks about writing a brand new advent carol she's rescued from deep within the archives and her eventful year as Master of the King's Music.

Plus there's live music from the ensemble ZRI - their Cellar Sessions project is inspired by the cellar at The Red Hedgehog tavern in 19th-century Vienna, where musicians from all scenes would meet after hours, drink wine and blur the boundaries between folk and classical traditions. They bring a slice of that spirit to Saturday Morning!

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Sat 29 Nov 2025 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria in G major (Gloria)

    Choir: Ch艙ur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Gloria; Litanies 脿 la Vierge noire.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in E flat major K.614 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Spunicunifait.
    • Mozart: 6 String Quintets on Historical Instruments.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Promenade (Etruscan Concerto)

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC.

  • Trad.

    The Salley Gardens

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Mairi Campbell. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • Revenge of the Folksingers.
    • Delphian.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.77 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Beethoven & Brahms Concertos for Violin and Orchestra (Live in Concert).
    • ABC Classic.
    • 6.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Julia Florida

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesion.
    • Pentatone.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus HWV.232 (Gloria Patri et filio)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Performer: Anna Meredith. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 9.

  • Franz Liszt

    12 脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante S.139 (Feux follets)

    Performer: Yoav Levanon.
    • Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.4 in E flat major 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 \"Romantic\".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.

  • Hiromi & Sonic Wonder

    Balloon Pop

    • Telarc.

  • Hiromi

    Mr CC

    Performer: Hiromi.
    • Live performance.

  • Hiromi

    Pendulum

    Performer: Hiromi.
    • Live performance.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 97 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • John Williams

    Joy Ride (Escapades)

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Orchestra: North Carolina Symphony. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • American Spectrum.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 03.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • O Holy Night.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dances for Orchestra (no.3)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • Aaron Copland

    Symphony no.3 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Copland: Symphony No. 3.
    • SFS Media.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio sonata no.1 in E flat major BWV.525 (3rd mvt)

    • Pur ti miro.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in C major D.956 (2nd mvt - extract)

    Ensemble: ZRI.
    • Live performance.

  • Trad.

    Moldovan Hora

    Ensemble: ZRI.
    • Live performance.

  • Jay Gorney

    Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

    Ensemble: ZRI.
    • Live performance.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hebrides Overture

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
    • 麻豆社 recording.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lauda Jerusalem (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • C. Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine - 1610: Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Nov 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3