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The Chiaroscuro Quartet at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Chiaroscuro Quartet playing Beethoven.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by 麻豆社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. Today, world-renowned string group the Chiaroscuro Quartet perform music by Beethoven, recorded in the intimate setting of Bantry House at this year鈥檚 West Cork Chamber Music Festival. There is also music by Stanford and Vivaldi from West Cork, and we hear Bach from a concert given by Le Concert des Nations in the Palace of Charles V, in the Alhambra, Granada. Plus the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Roxanna Panufnik鈥檚 imaginative reworkings of three songs by Alma Mahler and former 麻豆社 New Generation Artist Helen Charlston sings songs by Clara Schumann.

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Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek (conductor)

Charles Villiers Stanford
Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet
Matthew Hunt (clarinet)
Signum Quartet

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G minor, RV 157
Camerata 脴resund (Baroque ensemble)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in D major, K 311
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Alma Mahler/Roxanna Panufnik
Alma鈥檚 Songs without Words: 1. Hymne; 2. Ansturm; 3. Hymne an die Nacht
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Clara Schumann
6 Songs, Op. 13
Helen Charlston (mezzo soprano)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Edward MacDowell
2 Fragments after the Song of Roland
麻豆社 Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks (Op.4)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • GB麻豆社.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Performer: Matthew Hunt. Ensemble: Signum Quartet.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for strings in G minor RV 157

    Ensemble: Camerata Oresund.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in D major, K311

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Alma's Songs Without Words

    Composer: Roxanna Panufnik. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

    Performer: Charles Zebley. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Clara Schumann

    Six Songs, Op. 13

    Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Helen Charlston.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No.1 Op.23

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.

  • Edward MacDowell

    2 Fragments after the Song of Roland for orchestra

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance, Music for inner peace: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • UCJ.
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  • Alun Hoddinott

    Welsh Dances - Suite No 2, Op 64

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

Broadcast

  • Today 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3