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29/04/2011 Turtle Island Quartet, Doric Quartet

Presented by Sean Rafferty, with interviews and live music from the Turtle Island Quartet and the Doric Quartet.

The Turtle Island Quartet - known for pushing the boundaries of chamber music with their interpretations of folk, jazz and rock - play live in the studio ahead of their London debut at the Greenwich International String Quartet Festival.

And the Doric Quartet, who have recently released a CD of string quartets by William Walton, also play live - music from their forthcoming concert at London's Wigmore Hall.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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2 hours

Music Played

  • Stanley

    Trumpet Tune

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Anthony Newman (conductor) Start Time: 17:02

    • SONY SK66244.
  • Rachmaninov

    Valse (Suite for 2 pianos No.2, Op.17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich (piano) Performer: Alexander Rabinovitch (piano) Start Time: 17:06

    • TELDEC 9031747172.
  • LIVE

    • Bob Dylan

      All Along The Watchtower

      Performer: Turtle Island Quartet Start Time: 17:12

    • Balakrishnan

      Coelacanth from "Tree of Life"

      Performer: Turtle Island Quartet Start Time: 17:24

    • Jimi Hendrix

      Gypsy Eyes

      Performer: Turtle Island Quartet Start Time: 17:35

  • George Frideric Handel

    Cantata "Tra le fiamme"

    Performer: Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor) Start Time: 17:43

    • ARCHIV 4690652.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture to Le Cenerentola

    Performer: Sinfonia Varsovia Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor) Start Time: 18:03

    • NAIVE V5221.
  • Wood

    Hail, gladdening light!

    Performer: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge Performer: Timothy Brown (director) Start Time: 18:11

    • COLLEGIUM COLCD125.
  • LIVE

    • Joseph Haydn

      String Quartet Op.20 No.2 – 1st movement

      Performer: Doric String Quartet Start Time: 18:15

  • William Walton

    String Quartet in A minor – 3rd movement

    Performer: Doric String Quartet Start Time: 18:27

    • CHANDOS CHAN10661.
  • LIVE

    • Franz Schubert

      String Quartet in D minor D.810 "Death and the Maiden" – 3rd movement Scherzo

      Performer: Doric String Quartet Start Time: 18:39

  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)

    Performer: Beecham Choral Society Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Start Time: 18:44

    • EMI 909933.
  • Rex

    Rex - This Marriage

    Performer: Voces8 Start Time: 18:56

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Apr 2011 17:00

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