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Segun Akinola

Composer Segun Akinola talks to Katie about his new piece, inspired by the V&A East Museum's The Music is Black.

Katie Derham's guests include the composer Segun Akinola, who joins live in the In Tune studio to talk about his new work, 'On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles'.

As part of the BBC's partnership with the V&A East Museum's The Music is Black exhibition, showcasing 125 years of Black music-making in Britain, Radio 3 commissioned a new work by the film and TV composer Segun Akinola - known for his scores to the BBC's Doctor Who. Taking inspiration from the musical genres represented in the exhibition, and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Segun's piece will receive its world premiere broadcast here on In Tune.

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major Op.72 no.7

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances: RSNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro (Orfeo ed Uridice)

    Performer: Oliver Wass. Singer: Iestyn Davies.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasia in C minor, Op 80 'Choral Fantasy': IV. Allegro

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Singer: Florian Boesch. Singer: Werner Güra. Singer: Sophie Harmsen. Singer: Christiane Karg. Choir: Zurich Sing-Akademie. Orchestra: Freiburg Barockorchester. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • John Lennon

    Norwegian Wood

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Ensemble: London Brass.

  • Maurice Ravel

    2 Melodies behraiques, arr. for cello and orchestra: I. Kaddisch

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Richard Tognetti. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata in F major Op 5'4; last movement

    Performer: Oliver Wass. Performer: Mayuchi Ono. Performer: Alma Nunez Debretzeni.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: I. Méditation

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.
    • Souvenirs.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • George Fenton

    Shadowlands

    Music Arranger: Andrew Crowley. Ensemble: London Brass.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: No. 15, in D-Flat Major: Fugue

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.
    • Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87.
    • PENTATONE Music B.V..
    • 2.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini Overtures - The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Badinerie

    Music Arranger: Roger Harvey. Ensemble: London Brass.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5: No. 5, Dance

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Azica Records.

  • Aleksey Igudesman

    Funk the String

    Performer: Julia Majewska.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Onyx.

  • Segun Akinola

    I Am The Doctor (From \"Doctor Who\" Series 13)

    • Doctor Who Series 13 - The Power Of The Doctor (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 8.

  • Segun Akinola

    On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Luis Castillo-Briceño.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romanza

    Music Arranger: Edgar Olivero. Performer: Sarah Willis. Ensemble: The Sarahbanda.
    • Sarahbanda.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Fairy Tale in E flat major, Op 26 No 2 (Four Fairy Tales)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

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  • Yesterday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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