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Radio 3,25 Apr 2026,180 mins

Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly

Saturday Morning

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Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend. Tom is joined by mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly who talks about her relationship to the music of Mahler, her ambition to become a jazz musician earlier in her career, and her upcoming concert at the Surrey Hills International Music Festival. Violinist Randall Goosby chats to Tom about his current tour, making connections between the music of Harry Burleigh, Antonin Dvorak, Amy Beach, Claude Debussy and Ludwig van Beethoven. And our focus on Creators continues with composer Gabriel Prokofiev, whose Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra turns 20 this year.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Trittico Botticelliano: No. 1, La Primavera
    Trittico Botticelliano: No. 1, La Primavera
    Ottorino Respighi
  3. 2.
    Fandango (3rd mvt)
    Fandango (3rd mvt)
    Arturo Márquez
  4. 3.
    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)
    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)
    Clara Schumann