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Radio 3’s European Roadtrip: Schumann’s Violin Concerto in Budapest

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Renaud Capuçon playing Schumann’s Violin Concerto in Budapest.

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

As part of Radio 3’s European Roadtrip this week, today we focus on Budapest, with recordings made there by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In our 3pm centrepiece, the orchestra is joined by violinist Renaud Capuçon for Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto; before that they perform a Sinfonia by the Baroque composer Christoph Graupner. And for the last time this week, there’s music recorded at this year’s Edinburgh International Music Festival, with more Ravel from pianist Seong-Jin Cho and the Kleio Quartet playing Haydn.

Franz Liszt
Chasse-Neige (Transcendental Studies, No. 12)
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
Kleio Quartet

Maurice Ravel
Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

Erno Dohnanyi
Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
IMS Prussia Cove

Christoph Graupner
Sinfonia in F major, GWV571
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest
Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

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Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor
Renaud Capuçon (violin, director)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest

Bela Bartok arr. Göran Fröst
Romanian Folk Dances (selection)
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Göran Fröst (viola)
Johan Fröst (piano)

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Release date:

2 hours, 58 minutes

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Jan 2025 13:00