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Hannah with violinist Mar铆a Due帽as and pianist-composer Stephen Hough

Hannah French talks to star Spanish violinist Mar铆a Due帽as, the pianist-composer Stephen Hough, and plays the best classical music playlist of her favourite new and old recordings.

Hannah French with star violinist Maria Duenas, pianist-composer Stephen Hough, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for your Saturday morning!

Spanish violinist and former 91热爆 Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mar铆a Due帽as is taking the classical music world by storm. Her dazzling technique and bold interpretations have inspired rave reviews and earned her performances with the world's leading orchestras and conductors. Hannah French talks to Mar铆a about her latest release out in February, which showcases the Caprices of Paganini and explores other virtuosic caprices from Saint-Saens to Gabriela Ortiz.

In a week when the world reflected on the Holocaust and commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Hannah talks to the Icelandic writer Arni Heimir Ingolfsson about his new book, Music at the World's End. It's an inspiring story about 3 Jewish musicians who escaped the Nazi Regime by moving to Iceland where they played pivotal roles in the development of Icelandic musical culture and the huge musical revolution that took place there from the 1940s.

Plus the continuation of 91热爆 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. Pianist and composer Stephen Hough wrote a Nocturne for Elisabeth Brauss, which commemorates the eve of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Impromptu in A flat major, Op.29

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso arr for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.

  • Ji艡铆 Anton铆n Benda

    Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor: III. Allegro di molto

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • ARCANA.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Valses

    Music Arranger: Vladimir Kobekin. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: II. Adagio (Performed on Recorder)

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • The Frans Br眉ggen Project.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

  • eden ahbez

    Nature Boy

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Singer: Malena Ernman. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • WARNER.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 36 in C Major "Linz" K 425: IV. Presto

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • W. A. Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35 and 36.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.14

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Caprice andalous, Op.122

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Mihhail Gerts.
    • DG.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Desert Swimmers

    Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • A Percussionist's Songbook.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" - I. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great".
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Nocturne (September 10, 2001)

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 - 3rd mvt 'Rondo'

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • DG.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    J贸hannsson: Suite from Sicario - III. Melancholia

    Performer: Sk煤li Sverrisson. Music Arranger: J贸hann J贸hannsson. Conductor: Dan铆el Bjarnason. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
    • A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of Everything.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Petr Zejfart. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study No 8 in C minor, 'Wilde Jagd'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • John Adams

    Lollapalooza

    Ensemble: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • New World Jazz: New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 1.

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  • Sat 1 Feb 2025 09:00
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