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Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (1/4)

Music including works by Beethoven, Haydn, Field and Vaughan Williams, performed at the 2023 Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music.

John Toal presents the first in our series of recitals from this year's Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music, performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast. In this opening recital, Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale performs Beethoven's Sonata in C minor op.13 his 鈥淧athetique鈥, followed by a performance from the London-based Marmen Quartet with Haydn's String Quartet in C Major, the 2nd of his opus 50 set. To finish a collection of songs from composers Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle, Armstrong Gibbs and Elizabeth Maconchy performed by mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones with pianist Rebecca Cohen.

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor op.13 鈥淧athetique鈥
Michael McHale, piano

Haydn - String Quartet in C Major Op 50/2
Marmen Quartet

John Field - Nocturne No.5 in B flat major
Michael McHale, piano

Vaughan Williams - The Water Mill
I Boyle - The Mill Water
Armstrong Gibbs - Five Eyes
E Maconchy - The Cloths of Heaven
Claire Barnett Jones, mezzo-soprano | Rebecca Cohen, piano

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in C minor, Op.13 "Pathetique"

    Performer: Michael McHale.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in C Major, Op.50, No.2

    Ensemble: Marmen Quartet.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No.5 in B Flat Major, H.37

    Performer: Michael McHale.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Rebecca Cohen. Singer: Claire Barnett-Jones.
  • Ina Boyle

    The Mill-Water

    Performer: Rebecca Cohen. Singer: Claire Barnett-Jones.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Five Eyes

    Performer: Rebecca Cohen. Singer: Claire Barnett-Jones.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Performer: Rebecca Cohen. Singer: Claire Barnett-Jones.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Mar 2023 13:00