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The perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend!

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sits in for Tom Service, with the best classical music and guests to start your Saturday.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sits in for Tom Service, with the best classical music and guests to start your Saturday. As part of the 麻豆社's AI week (2nd-8th March), throughout the morning Sara explores the multi-faceted impact of AI on classical music, from copyright issues facing the industry, to the pros and cons of AI in musical composition, and potential roles for AI in music and health settings.

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Music Played

  • Walter Werzowa

    Beethoven X: The AI Project (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn. Performer: Cameron Carpenter. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan.
    • Beethoven X: The AI Project.
    • Modern Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring, RV.269 [The Four Seasons] (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtgesang im Walde D.913

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Schubert: Nachtgesang.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come - concert suite (The Building of the World)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come - concert suite (Machines)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto no.22 in D minor Wq.22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner.

  • Florence Price

    Drink to me only (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 15.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Sousedska)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Jay

    • Solo Piano.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G major H.16.40 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Akhunov

    Sketch III

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • ALPHA.

  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Music Arranger: George Morton. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ALPHA.

  • John Taverner

    Western Wynde Mass (Sanctus)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass & Other Sacred Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: Octet, Op.20; String Quartet, Op.80.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Study for Player Piano no.3e

    Performer: Conlon Nancarrow.
    • OTHER MINDS.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Se muove a giurar fede

    Singer: Elena Cecchi鈥怓edi. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Conductor: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.6 in E flat minor Op.111 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Roadside Fire (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel: The Vagabond & other songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth etc.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet sonata no.1 in F minor Op.120 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas - Widmann: Intermezzi.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.28 in C major K.200 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: The Symphonies.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance Op.65

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough In Recital.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Mar 2026 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3