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Elite pianist Leif Ove Andsnes calls in to play live

Tom Service plays the best classical music alongside the latest stories in the arts world, with special guest pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

Tom Service provides the ideal soundtrack for Saturday morning, with the best classical music in new and landmark recordings and one or two surprise guests introducing their own releases.

This week, Tom welcomes the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes to play the studio piano and talk about his current projects, including a recording of the works of compatriot Geirr Tveitt, whose folk-influenced piano writing has held a fascination for Leif for many years.

As Glyndebourne Festival gears up for its first ever production of Puccini鈥檚 Tosca, Tom meets director Ted Huffman to find out how he brings a new interpretation to such a perennial favourite and also meets American soprano Caitlin Gotimer, who sings the titular role of the singer Floria Tosca.

And in The Creators this week, composer, sound artist, and member of The Pogues, Jem Finer tells the story behind his 1,000-year-long piece of music Longplayer, already 26 years into its playing cycle, with only 974 to go.

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • The Berlin Album: Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • James McMillan

    Lux aeterna

    Choir: SANSARA. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Cloths of Heaven.
    • Convivium Records.
    • 15.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alon Sariel.
    • Plucked Bach III.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1785.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Tod Machover

    Interlude no.1 - 'After Bach'

    Ensemble: iO String Quartet.
    • ...But Not Simpler....
    • Bridge Records.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in D major Op.109

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Masterworks.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto no.2 in D major H.7d.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances Op.94 (no.2)

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Gunnar Mextorf.
    • 91福利社 New Generation Artists recording.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; A Night On The Bare Mountain.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • Geirr Tveitt

    God's goodness and God's greatness (50 Folk Tunes from Hardanger Op.150)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • 91福利社 recording.

  • Geirr Tveitt

    Piano sonata no.29 Op.129 'Sonata etere' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: Geirr Tveitt.
    • Simax.
    • 2.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    4 Mazurkas Op.30 (no.4 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • 91福利社 recording.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Biagio Marini

    La Calisto (Prologo Sinfonia (Passacaglio a 4))

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: S茅bastien Dauc茅.
    • Cavalli: La Calisto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 328.

  • Catrin Finch

    Caerdroea an Ceol [after Pietro Locatelli]

    Composer: Aoife N铆 Bhriain. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Aoife N铆 Bhriain.
    • Bendigedig.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming (4 Sketches Op.15)

    Performer: Ariana Kashefi. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • In Parallel - Rachmaninov, Amy Beach, Alma Mahler.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    String serenade in E minor Op.20 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.108 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn2032, Vol. 19: Trauer.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Josephine Lang

    Arabeske (3 Pieces)

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • She, Invisible Vol. I.
    • Azul Music.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Violin concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Decca.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Orsu, Tosca, parlate (Tosca)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Giuseppe Di Stefano. Singer: Tito Gobbi. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Victor de Sabata.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Decca.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Mario! Mario! Mario! - Non la sospiri (Tosca)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Decca.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Signum Quartett: Quartet Movements.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.

  • Julius Eastman

    Melt To and Back Again (Gay Guerrilla)

    Ensemble: Wild Up. Conductor: Christopher Rountree.
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 1.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Gavotte with 6 variations (Gavotte) [Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin, 2eme livre]

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • WAVES: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Handel and the Oratorio for Concerts.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 29.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Prelude and allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier.
    • Lost to the World.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Jem Finer

    Longplayer

    Performer: Jem Finer.
    • Longplayer.
    • Artangel.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Roxolana.
    • Alpha.
    • 09.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 May 2026 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3