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Sara meets Marc-André Hamelin

Sara Mohr-Pietsch with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin in between takes for his next album on the Hyperion label. He gives an exclusive performance for BBC Radio 3 and talks about his latest album which includes music by Frank Zappa, John Cage and his own compositions.

Anoushka Shankar, superstar of the sitar, chats to Sara about what it meant to receive the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation earlier this week. She reflects on how she went about carving her own path as a sitar player pushing musical boundaries, what makes a great collaboration, and, having added another two to her belt this week, how Grammy nominations have punctuated her musical and family life over the past 25 years.

We also hear from composer Laura Karpman and conductor Marin Alsop about the upcoming world premiere of a full orchestral version of Laura's opera 'Balls', recreating the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973.

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Sat 15 Nov 202509:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Director: Antje Weithaas.
    • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor; Serenade for Strings.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor BWV.232 (Sanctus)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La catedral (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesion.
    • Pentatone.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Boud. Performer: Anthony Romaniuk.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Kevin Puts

    Marimba concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    Harpsichord suite no.2 [Pièces de clavecin] (L'aimable)

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Baroque Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne Set 1)

    Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Louise Héritte-Viardot

    Piano quartet no.1 in A major Op.9 'Im Sommer' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Lupi

    Quam pulchra es

    Choir: Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Radamés Gnattali

    Vaidosa no.1

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Private recording.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major D.960 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Liszt

    Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S.173)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • BBC recording.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in D major Wq.61`2

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas & Rondos.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Cage

    Crotchet = 176 (or Faster) - extract (The Perilous Night)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Oswald

    z24

    Composer: Richard Strauss. Performer: Sushi Dart Scar.
    • SEELAND.

  • John Oswald

    Tip

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Found Objects / Sound Objects.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29 no.2 (Finale - The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Josephine Lang

    Wie glänzt so hell dein Auge

    Music Arranger: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Nathanaël Gouin.
    • Âmes sœurs.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Quant'è grato all'alma mia (Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Edoardo Müller.
    • Colbran, The Muse.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring - Suite (extract)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Anna Meredith

    Spook

    Performer: Tom Kerstens. Performer: Karen Hutt. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Ignite: New Music for Guitar, Vol. 3.
    • BGS Records.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Am Tage aller Seelen (Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen) D.343a

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.81 in G major H.1.81 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32 (no.5 in G major)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Naxos.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Hiraeth

    • LEITER.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    In The End (Chapter 2: How Dark It Is Before Dawn)

    Performer: Danny Keane.
    • BBC recording.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    We Return to Love

    Performer: Alam Khan. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Sarathy Korwar.
    • LEITER.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Daybreak

    • LEITER VERLAG.

  • Leos Janáček

    Glagolitic Mass (Intrada)

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Edward Gardner. Choir: Bergen Filharmoniske Kor. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Orchestral Works, Vol. 3: Glagolitic Mass.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3