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Chamber music and songs by pioneering 19th century Swedish women composers including Valborg Aulin, Alice Tegner and Helene Tham plus Clara Schumann's virtuosic piano trio.

This week we have a chance to hear little-performed chamber music & songs, sung by star Swedish lyric soprano Hillevi Martinpelto, by pioneering 19th-century Swedish women composers including Valborg Aulin, Alice Tegnér, Helena Munktell & Hélène Tham. Alice Tegnér found fame in the great many children’s songs that she composed which were exceedingly popular and many of them are still central to the Swedish children’s song tradition, while Helena Munktell studied in Paris under Émile Durand & Vincent d'Indy and was the first Swedish woman to write an opera. The centrepiece of today's recital is the 1846 Piano Trio by Clara Schumann which sparkles with intensity & virtuosity.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Valborg Aulin - Elegy, op. 8/3, for violin and piano
Per Sporrong, violin
Johan Ullén, piano

Alice Tegnér - Étude romantique, for piano
Maria Rostotsky, piano

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Amalie Stalheim, cello
David Huang, piano

Helena Munktell - Songs
Det förste möde (The First Meeting)
Ã…ter i Sorrento (Greetings to Sorrente)

Hélène Tham - Songs
Helsning
Svanen
Från nya hemmet
Erinran
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Michael Engström, piano

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Valborg Aulin

    Elegy Op.8`3 for voilin and piano

    Performer: Per Sporrong. Performer: Johan Ullén.
  • Alice Tegnér

    Etude romantique for piano

    Performer: Maria Rostotsky.
  • Clara Schumann

    Trio in G minor, Op.17

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Amalie Stalheim. Performer: David Wong.
  • Helena Munktell

    Songs

    Performer: Michael Engstrom. Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto.
  • Hélène Tham

    Songs for voice and piano

    Performer: Michael Engstrom. Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Mar 2019 13:00