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Pianist Boris Giltburg performs live in the studio

Conductor Susanna M盲lkki and pianist Boris Giltburg are Tom's live guests. And this week's Sounds of the Century series continues with music by Nkeiru Okoye.

Tom Service is joined in the studio by the Finnish conductor Susanna M盲lkki, who is in the UK this week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. And the international pianist Boris Giltburg plays music by Beethoven and Rachmaninov live just after 11 o'clock.

Each week as part of 91热爆 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century series, Tom introduces a brand-new piece of music commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century. This week Radio 3 commissioned the American composer Nkeiru Okoye. She marks the historic election of the first African American US president in her piece, And the People Celebrated. It's performed by the 91热爆 Concert Orchestra with narrator Paterson Joseph.

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 04.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 4 in C major, D46 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    Nine sili nebesniya

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Tenebrae-Signum.

  • Anton铆n Kraft

    Cello Concerto in C Major: 1st mvt; Allegro aperto

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Anton铆n Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • John Dowland

    Time stands still in gazing on her face

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, IV. Allegro ma non troppo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak, A.: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.

  • Steve Reich

    Runner

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.
    • Steve Reich: Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Sur incises

    Performer: Dimitri Vassilakis. Performer: Hid茅ki Nagano. Performer: Florent Boffard. Performer: Fr茅d茅rique Cambreling. Performer: Marianne Le Mentec. Performer: Vincent Bauer. Performer: Daniel Ciampolini. Performer: Michel Cerutti. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: Oeuvres compl猫tes.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkainen.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Composer: Mary Elizabeth Coleridge. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Good Night, Beloved.
    • CORO.
    • 9.

  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo毛.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Diverse bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda 貌 pur Ciaccona

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • ALPHA.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    And the People Celebrated

    Performer: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor (Sanctus. Pleni sunt coeli; Osanna in excelsis)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No.28 Op. 101 First movement: Moderato cantabile molto espressivo

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sergey Rachmaninov Prelude Op 23 No. 2 in B flat major

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.

  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Piano Quintet in D minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • ALPHA.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Concerto 4-3 - I. The Shallows

    Composer: Nicolas Kendall. Composer: Ranaan Meyer. Composer: Charles Yang. Conductor: Xian Zhang. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Ensemble: Time for Three.
    • Letters for the Future.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in C major

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Mozart Violin Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 005.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Na茂s (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

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