Violinist Alena Baeva with sublime Beethoven in the studio

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Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend! Described as ​“a magnetic presence”, violinist Alena Baeva is Tom's guest this morning. She brings her violin to the studio with pianist Vadym Kholodenko to perform exclusively for Saturday Morning pieces from their brand-new Beethoven album and chat about why his music is as urgent now as ever. The inaugural exhibition at V&A East opens today and "Music is Black: A British Story" celebrates Black British music’s essential role in our cultural landscape. Tom takes a trip to see it in the company of composer Errollyn Wallen, the Master of the King's Music - the first composer of colour to hold this role. Together they look round some of the incredible riches the new exhibition has to show! And our focus on Creators continues with the brilliant harpist Lavinia Meijer. She talks to Tom about her new release 'Unfolding Lines' remakes music by Bach, Scarlatti and Handel for the harp. She chats about some of the joys and challenges of arranging them, why the harp is not just for romance and why you need to work on your muscles to play the instrument.