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Tributes to Michael Tilson Thomas and Peter Mallinson in session

Katie Derham talks to composer John Adams, baritone Thomas Hampson and conductor Marin Alsop, who pay tribute to the late Michael Tilson Thomas. She also introduces live music from viola player Peter Mallinson, who is joined by musicians featured on his new album, A Musical Soirée.

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Thu 23 Apr 202617:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre etc: San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS.
    • 4.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Somewhere)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Vytautas Miškinis

    Angelis suis deus

    Choir: Meridian. Director: Irene Messoloras.
    • Finding Light.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • August Klughardt

    Schilflieder IV: Feurig

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
    • White Line.
    • 14.

  • Maria Szymanowska

    Nocturne in B-Flat Major (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Riem)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Two Pieces - The Lonely Moor

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op 20 (4th mvt: Presto)

    Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Harry Waldo Warner

    Divertimento in D (Olden Style) II: Aria

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in B major Op.72 no.9

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 6.

  • Samuel Barber

    Nocturne 'Homage to John Field', Op. 33

    Performer: Ruth Slenczynska.
    • My Life in Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

  • Michael Tilson Thomas

    You Come Here Often? (Upon Further Reflection)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Tilson Thomas: You Come Here Often?.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Old American Songs: IV. Simple Gifts

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Irving Fine. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Choir: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
    • Copland: Old American Songs, Canticle of Freedom & 4 Motets.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Harold Arlen

    Stormy Weather

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ray Brown. Performer: Herb Ellis.
    • Columbia.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    March (The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Apr 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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