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Conductor Kellen Gray and toy piano master Margaret Leng Tan in conversation

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend! American conductor Kellen Gray talks to Tom.

Tom plays classical music to start your weekend.

American conductor Kellen Gray talks to Tom about his close relationship with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, where he鈥檚 Associate Artist, and the two albums of African-American composers he's made with them.

Tom also talks to Margaret Leng Tan, the toy piano master who turns 80 this week.

And we hear from composer and AI expert Ed Newton-Rex and the Ora Singers director Suzi Digby about Is This What We Want - a 'silent' protest album backed by over 1000 British musicians to highlight how musicians and composers can be protected in the age of AI.

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Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major Wq.176 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Mayumi Hirasaki.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in F major Op.41 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dover Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La mer)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.2 \"Resurrection\" / Debussy: La Mer.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Bob Chilcott

    Ding-dong Ding!

    Choir: St Martin's Voices. Performer: John Turville. Performer: Gareth Huw Davies. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Suite in G major GWV.458 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch. Performer: Janni Sunnarborg. Orchestra: Suomalainen barokkiorkesteri.
    • Graupner: Orchestral Suites.
    • ONDINE.
    • 11.

  • Erik Satie

    Sonatine Bureaucratique

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • The Magic of Satie (2025 Remaster).
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.86 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 108.

  • Giulio Regondi

    Fete villageoise Op.20

    Performer: Alberto Mesirca.
    • Brilliant.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 2 in B flat major (2nd mvt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Lombardini Quartet. Ensemble: Lombardini Quartett.
    • CPO.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Christmas Eve - Introduction / Games & Dances & Stars

    Conductor: Igor Golovschin. Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • BIS.

  • William Dawson

    Folk Symphony (O, Le' Me Shine)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • LINN.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • LINN.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum S.186 (Die Hirten an der Krippe [In dulci jubilo])

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt: Complete Piano Music 51 鈥� Paralipom猫nes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum S.186 (Adeste fideles [Gleichsam als Marsch])

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt: Complete Piano Music 51 鈥� Paralipom猫nes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Nacque, e il Gran messia (Cantata pastorale)

    Singer: Matthew White. Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques.
    • Disperato Amore.
    • Analekta.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven 路 Tchaikovsky 路 Schmidt 路 Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Sonata no.4 in A major G.4 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Casals Encores 鈥� A Cello Tribute to Pablo Casals.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Paul Williams

    The Muppet Christmas Carol (Overture)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Muppets Christmas Carol.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Litaniae Lauretanae K.109

    Singer: Kaia Urb. Singer: Ave Moor. Singer: Tiit Kogerman. Singer: Uku Joller. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Tallinna Kammerorkester. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.
    • Carus.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor D.940 (Finale)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • ERATO.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.

  • Anon.

    There is no rose

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • O Holy Night: Christmas Carols from St John's.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Tower - for Frank Gehry

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Ad猫s, Marsey and Leith.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 11.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Master Oluf Rides (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
    • Dacapo.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Dec 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3