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Machynlleth Festival 2022 (1/4)

The Navarra Quartet joins forces with bassist Leon Bosch in Dvořák's String Quintet Op 77, and Brindley Sherratt presents a selection of songs of the British Isles

Nicola Heywood Thomas presents the first in a week of programmes featuring highlights of the 2022 Machynlleth Festival, recorded at the Tabernacle – a converted Wesleyan chapel. Today, the captivating Navarra Quartet joins forces with bassist Leon Bosch to play Dvorak’s String Quintet Op 77, and bass Brindley Sherratt performs an evocative selection of songs from the British Isles.

Dvořák: Quintet for string quartet and double bass, Op 77
Navarra Quartet
Leon Bosch, double bass

John Ireland: Sea Fever
Michael Head: Limehouse Reach
Gerald Finzi: Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
Michael Head: Money O
Warlock: Captain Stratton's Fancy
Brindley Sherratt, bass
Julius Drake, piano

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 Sep 2022 13:00

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in G major, Op 77

    Performer: Leon Bosch. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Brindley Sherratt.
  • Brindley Sherratt & Julius Drake

    Limehouse Reach

  • Gerald Finzi

    Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Op 18, No 3)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Brindley Sherratt.
  • Michael Head

    Money, O! (Songs of the Countryside, No 6)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Brindley Sherratt.
  • Peter Warlock

    Captain Stratton's Fancy

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Brindley Sherratt.
  • Paul McCartney

    Blackbird

    Music Arranger: Lubos Krticka. Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • The Beatles - arranged by Lubos Krticka for String Quartet.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Sep 2022 13:00