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Today's Classical Live begins with a recital from London鈥檚 Wigmore Hall featuring pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung. The married couple whose meeting at the 1997 Hamamatsu Competition has led to a remarkable musical partnership, will perform music by Schubert, Poulenc, Debussy and Piazzolla.

This week, there will also be a focus on classical music from Denmark including Bach from the Copenhagen Baroque Festival and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra performing Bernstein's Serenade, after Plato's 'Symposium'.

Also in today's programme, a specially recorded performance from the Castalian Quartet at this year's Cowbridge Music Festival in Wales; and the 麻豆社 Singers mark Remembrance Day with a performance of Herbert Howells' heartfelt 'Requiem'.

Live from Wigmore Hall London - presented by Hannah French:

Franz Schubert
Fantasie in F minor, D940

Francis Poulenc
Sonata for piano 4 hands

Claude Debussy (arranged by L茅on Roques)
La plus que lente

Claude Debussy (arranged by Maurice Ravel)
Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

Astor Piazzolla (arranged by Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung)
Lo que vendr谩

Astor Piazzolla (arranged by Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung)
Milonga del 脕ngel

Astor Piazzolla (arranged by Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung)
Libertango

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From the Cowbridge Music Festival 2024:
Franz Schubert
Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in F minor, Op 95 鈥楽erioso鈥� 鈥�
Castalian Quartet

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6
Chisa Tanigaki (soprano)
James Hall (countertenor)
Gwilym Bowen (tenor)
Tom谩s Kr谩l (bass)

Leonard Bernstein
Serenade, after Plato's 'Symposium'
Carolin Widmann (violin)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor)

Herbert Howells
Requiem
麻豆社 Singers
Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

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