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Pianist Vikingur Olafsson at the piano

Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack and an all-star morning of guests with pianist Vikingur Olafsson and composer Anna Meredith.

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

An all-star line-up of guests joins us this morning as superstar pianist Vikingur Olafsson pops in to champion the music of the Hungarian composer Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g who turns 100 this month. Vikingur joins Tom at the piano to play some of his music and talk about how getting to know him personally has changed how he hears other music forever.

Continuing our focus on Creators and the stories behind their creations: multi award-winning composer Anna Meredith talks to Tom about her track Nautilus that started life with her stomping along a beach in Scotland but became a powerhouse tune that's been arranged and re-arranged countless times for electronics, orchestra, marching band and even featured in a David Beckham documentary.

And Radio 3's Kate Molleson pays tribute to the French composer and electronic music pioneer Eliane Radigue who died this week age 94. Radigue's music of ecstatic sonic concentration is an invitation to change our perceptions of what music can do, and what can it make us feel.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata BWV.170)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Erato.

  • Viet Cuong

    Higher Ground - Concerto for Tuba (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Justin Benavidez. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Renewal: Music of Viet Cuong.
    • Albany Records.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in E flat major K.380 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano & violin, Vol. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Sigvaldi Kaldal贸ns

    Ave Mar铆a

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Little girl Juliet (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?

    Music Arranger: Daisuke Suzuki. Performer: Daisuke Suzuki.
    • Toward the Sea.
    • ART INFINI.
    • 3.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    A song of circles and triangles (Uta)

    Music Arranger: Daisuke Suzuki. Performer: Daisuke Suzuki.
    • Toward the sea.
    • ART INFINI.
    • 4.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Boutique Fantasque (Nocturne; Galop)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Platoon.

  • Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g

    A voice in the distance (Jatekok)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • 麻豆社 recording.

  • Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g

    Little Chorale [Grand Piano] (Jatekok Bk.1)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV.106

    Music Arranger: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: Halla Oddn媒 Magn煤sd贸ttir.
    • Bach Reworks (Pt. 2).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Laudate Dominum 脿 8

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Flight of Angels.
    • Coro.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat major H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 1.

  • James Oswald

    Polwart on the green (Sonata on Scots tunes)

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • James Oswald: Colin's Kisses: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Linn.
    • 17.

  • Steve Reich

    Tehillim (Part 2)

    Choir: Synergy Vocals. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Stefan Asbury.
    • Steve Reich.
    • UME.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no 8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Vol. 1: No. 7 & No. 4.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 1.

  • 脡liane Radigue

    Jetsun Mila

    Performer: 脡liane Radigue.
    • Lovely Music.

  • 脡liane Radigue

    Occam River I

    Performer: Carol Robinson. Performer: Julia Eckhardt.
    • Shiiin.

  • 脡liane Radigue

    Occam I

    Performer: Rhodri Davies.
    • Occam Ocean I.
    • Shiiin.
    • 2.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Poulenc: La voix humaine.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 23.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance Op.23

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.
    • 麻豆社 New Generation Artists recording.

  • Johann Ludwig Bach

    Der Gottlosen Arbeit wird fehlen JLB2 (Samen der Gerechtigkeit)

    Singer: Anna-Lena Elbert. Ensemble: capella sollertia. Conductor: Johanna Soller.
    • Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas.
    • Ricercar.
    • 24.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus (extract)

    Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc (Deluxe).
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 10.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus (extract)

    Performer: Bluecoats.
    • Private recording.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus (extract)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Franz Liszt

    Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke [Mephisto Waltz no.1]

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • German Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les sauvages (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin ou Seconde livre)

    Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • Vertigo.
    • Erato.
    • 15.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
    • HYPERION.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Feb 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3