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Valentine's Day with jazz singer Claire Martin

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend!

Tom plays classical music to start your weekend.

Jazz singer Claire Martin joins Tom in the studio for an exclusive performance ahead of her St Valentine's Day concert with Kings Place Jazz Orchestra under the direction of trombonist and composer Callum Au where they combine forces for music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Richard Rodney Bennett and many more.

Tom also speaks to baroque violinist Bjarte Eike from Barokksolistene about his unique take on Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas which is being performed at the Glasshouse in Gateshead on 20th February, with Bjarte performing alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia, mezzo-soprano Katie Bray and more.

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 - I. Moderato

    Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • Supraphon.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins and Continuo in B-Flat Major, TWV 44:43

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Early Quartets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 21.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Claire Martin. Performer: Ross Stanley.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite: III. Scène D'Amour

    Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Herrmann - The Film Scores.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167, R. 147: IV. Molto allegro

    • La clarinette parisienne.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (Longing)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
    • 003.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13. a 2 Clav. (Live at Carnegie Hall)

    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Overture, TH 42 (3rd Version)

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathétique".
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    You Never Went Away

    Performer: Claire Martin. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Scott Dunn.
    • STUNT.

  • Jerome Kern

    The Folks Who Live On The Hill

    Performer: Claire Martin. Performer: Ross Stanley.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Ballo from Act III of Caldara's Cajo Marzio Coriolano (Tempo di Minuet)

    Director: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Extra Time.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 18.

  • Nicholas Matteis

    Ballo from Act III of Cajo Marzio Coriolano (Antonio Caldara)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Extra Time.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 20.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat (4th mvt)

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Schubert: Symphonies, Volume 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebeslied 'Widmung, von Robert Schumann', S566

    • Love Songs - Piano Transcriptions Without Words.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Noël Coward

    Any Little Fish

    • A Most Marvellous Party: Noel Coward and Friends.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantasy Impromptu

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Music Arranger: Christopher West. Music Arranger: Emma Johnson. Conductor: Julian Reynolds. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Romantic Chopin.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 183.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) - Psalmus "Laudate Pueri"

    Performer: Raphaël Pichon. Ensemble: Pygmalion.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Josef Suk

    Love Song (6 Pieces Op.7)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Kocián. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian' - 1st mvt

    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 (Live).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in C major, HWV 318, 'Alexander's Feast' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Saint-Saëns/Ravel/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Saturday09:00
    BBC Radio 3