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Kazuki Yamada in conversation

Tom Service talks to composer Brett Dean and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, and to conductor Kazuki Yamada.

Tom plays classical music to start your weekend.

Conductor Kazuki Yamada - the current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) - chats to Tom about upcoming appearances with the ensemble and his vision for it.

Tom also talks to composer Brett Dean and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean ahead of their appearance at London's Kings Place on 17 January. On the occasion, father and daughter join Aurora Orchestra to present a programme inspired by the theme of memory, including music by Brett Dean himself, and by Charles Ives, Copland, Radiohead, Kurt Weill, Ravel, Caroline Shaw and others.

Author Daisy Fancourt joins Tom to chat about her new book, Art Cure - The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, which is out now, published by Penguin.

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Sat 17 Jan 2026 09:00
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Music Played

  • Gustave Charpentier

    La F锚te des myrtes

    Choir: Vlaams Radiokoor. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • PRIX DE ROME.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraume - 3 notturnos S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. Performer: Veronika Hagen.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.

  • Louis Spohr

    Potpourri

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O鈥橬eill.
    • Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Bor茅ades (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Rameau: L'Orchestre de Louis XV.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 34.

  • Josef Bardanshvili

    To Gia Kancheli (P.S.)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR KLASSIK.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Dal pianto de gli Amanti

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: Hathor Consort. Conductor: Romina Lischka.
    • CPO.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • William Walton

    Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • DG.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 28.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major for trumpet and violin (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Friedemann Immer. Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.
    • Concertos pour Instruments 脿 Vent (Ensemble : Musica Antiqua K枚ln - Direction :.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 22.

  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Effortlessly

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances Op.64 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 'Gran partita' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Emma Feilding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Oliver Pashley. Performer: Ausias Garrigos Morant. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Angela Barnes. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Fabian van de Geest. Performer: David Stark.
    • Mark Simpson: Geysir - Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran par.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 201.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.26 in E flat major Op.81a 'Les Adieux' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Ludwig van Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.3 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne & Cortege

    Performer: Merel Vercammen. Performer: Dina Ivanova.
    • The Boulanger Legacy.
    • Trptk.
    • 1-2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Op.26

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Alexander Kopylov

    Polka in C major (Les Vendredis bk.2)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • SIMAX.

  • Morton Gould

    Symphonette No. 4 "Latin-American": I. Rhumba

    Conductor: Arthur Fagen. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Gould: Symphonettes Nos. 2-4 & Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Jan 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3