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Tom Service, Jacob Collier, four trombones and a pianist

Tom Service plays the best classical music alongside the latest stories in the arts world, with special guests Jacob Collier and pianist Simone Dinnerstein.

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.

On this semiquincentennial Independence Day, American pianist Simone Dinnerstein joins Tom to play live in the studio and talk about her love of the music of fellow American Philip Glass.

There's more live music from the four trombones of Slide Action, showcasing their unique mix of new commissions and arrangements.

And in his ongoing series, Tom meets another Creator, with the lowdown on the processes behind producing a memorable piece of work. This week the multifaceted musical adventurer Jacob Collier joins Tom to reflect on ten years since he released 'In My Room': the debut album recorded in his music room at the family home in North London.

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Dominus a dextris tuis (Vespers)

    Choir: St. Florianer Sängerknaben. Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Conductor: Gunar Letzbor.
    • Biber: Vesperae a 32: Dominus a dextris tuis. Presto.
    • Accent.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Piano concerto no.1 'Tirol Concerto' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simone Dinnerstein. Ensemble: Baroklyn.
    • Hourglass.
    • naïve, a label of Believe Group.
    • 6.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Emily Hall

    Eternity

    Music Arranger: Josh Cirtina. Ensemble: Slide Action.
    • Live performance.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Symphony in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Reicha: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 103.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Composer: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony (extract)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Edward Gardner conducts Strauss.
    • LPO.
  • Donnacha Dennehy

    New Jersey

    Performer: Min Kwon.
    • America/Beautiful.
    • Delos.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin concerto in A minor Op.53 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 106.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia no.11 in F minor BWV.797

    Performer: Simone Dinnerstein.
    • Live performance.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.16

    Performer: Simone Dinnerstein.
    • Live performance.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet in G major Op.76 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Quatuor Arod.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Aaron Copland

    Symphony no.3 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Copland: Symphony No. 3 – Walker: Sinfonia No. 5, "Visions".
    • 101.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E flat major Wq.179

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies.
    • Bis.
    • 1.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Sasha Scott

    Hypernova

    Ensemble: Slide Action.
    • Live performance.
  • Benny Vernon

    Interlude II: Sit

    Ensemble: Slide Action.
    • Live performance.
  • Nobuo Uematsu

    Kjugo, the Curious Wooden Robot (Merregnon: Heart of Ice)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eckehard Stier.
    • Uematsu: Merregnon: Heart of Ice (Narration in Japanese).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Fern Blossom

    Music Arranger: Valdis Muktupāvels. Performer: Kristine Balanas. Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Valdis Muktupāvels.
    • Midsummer.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Sonata no.84 in D major

    Performer: Scott Ross.
    • Récital au Festival de Montreux 1987.
    • Nota Bene.
    • 12.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Round-Up.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Brian Wilson

    In My Room

    Composer: Gary Usher. Performer: Jacob Collier.
    • In My Room.
    • Membran.
  • William Hanna

    Flintstones

    Composer: Joseph Barbera. Composer: Hoyt Curtin. Composer: Sven Libæk. Music Arranger: Jacob Collier. Performer: Jacob Collier.
    • In My Room.
    • Membran.
  • Jacob Collier

    Hideaway

    Performer: Jacob Collier.
    • In My Room.
    • Membran.
  • Jean Renard

    Le premier bonheur du jour

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Idylle.
    • ERATO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

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