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

Throughout this week we hear recordings made at the Bath Mozartfest 2024 - today the Takacs Quartet perform music by the festival’s namesake, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and there’s also Beethoven from the Nash Ensemble. We’ve Bach from Ensemble Masques performed at the Herne Early Music Days festival in Germany, and our 3pm centrepiece today comes from Dresden, where Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Staatskapelle in Mieczysław Weinberg’s folk-infused 3rd Symphony.

Plus Â鶹Éç Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.

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Ruperto Chapi
Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores (from Las hijas del Zebedeo)
Niamh O’Sullivan (mezzo soprano)
Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, K 421
Takacs Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
Nash Ensemble

Leokadiya Kashperova
Evening
Â鶹Éç Singers Women's Voices
Hilary Campbell (conductor)

Libby Larsen
Deep Summer Music
Ulster Orchestra
James Burton (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin (director)

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Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 45
Dresden Staatskapelle
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask Â鶹Éç Sounds to play Classical Live".

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