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Mendelssohn and Haydn at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Chiarioscuro Quartet playing Haydn and the Nightingale Quartet performing Mendelssohn.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by Â鶹Éç orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Today we’re back in Bantry for more from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival with the Nightingale Quartet playing Mendelssohn and the Chiaroscuro Quartet performing Haydn. There’s more from the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra, Granada as harpsichordist Luca Guglielmi joins Le Concert des Nations for a concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. And we visit Verbier in Switzerland for music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with Vasily Petrenko conducting the Verbier Festival Orchestra.

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Liam Taylor-West
Making Space
Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Nightingale Quartet

Luise Adolpha le Beau
Violin Sonata in C minor
Elena Urioste (violin)
Tom Poster (piano)

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord)
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Linda Catlin Smith
Adagietto
Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major Op. 33 No. 3, ‘Bird’
Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Act 2)
Verbier Festival Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 4 violins in E minor, Op. 3 No. 4 RV550
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Liam Taylor-West

    Making Space

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Anna-Maria Helsing.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

    Ensemble: Nightingale String Quartet.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czárdás, arranged for tuba and orchestra

    Performer: Hans Nickel. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Ruth Reinhardt.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Violin Sonata in C minor

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

    Performer: Luca Guglielmi. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Linda Catlin Smith

    Adagietto

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.
  • Georges Bizet

    Seguidilla (Carmen, Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major Op. 33, No. 3, 'The Bird'

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Act 2)

    Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • An Irish Rhapsody: Ulster Orchestra/Handley/Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in E minor, Op 3 No 4, RV 550

    Ensemble: Camerata Oresund.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Nov 2024 13:00