Jean-Guihen Queyras
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras plays music for solo cello by Bach, Britten and Turkish composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun.
Live from Wigmore Hall in London, French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras plays music by Bach, Britten and Turkish composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun
Presented by Hannah French
JS Bach: Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007
Ahmet Adnan Saygun: Partita for solo cello, Op 31
Benjamin Britten: Cello Suite No 1, Op 72
Music for solo cello by one of today鈥檚 leading exponents of the instrument, including works by the Turkish composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907-91), described in an obituary as 鈥榯he grand old man of Turkish music, who was to his country what Jean Sibelius is to Finland, what Manuel de Falla is to Spain, and what B茅la Bart贸k is to Hungary鈥�.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. -
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Ahmed Adnan Saygun
Partita for solo cello, Op 31
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. -
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Benjamin Britten
Cello Suite No 1, Op 72
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
Broadcasts
- Mon 20 Nov 2023 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Sun 26 Nov 2023 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3