
Brahms, Wagner, Schutz, Fanny Mendelssohn
With soloist Leonidas Kavakos in Brahms's Violin Sonata No 1, Katarina Karneus (mezzo) in Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder and Trio Ex Aequo performing Fanny Mendelssohn's Piano Trio.
Ian Skelly introduces performances recorded in concert halls on the Continent. Katarina Karnéus sings Wagner in Prague and Leonidas Kavakos tonight begins his traversal of all three of Brahms's violin sonatas. And, looking ahead to International Women's Day on Tuesday, there's a performance from Madrid of Fanny Mendelssohn's Piano Trio, a beautiful, mid-Romantic work completed in the last years of her short life.
Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
rec. Musikverein, Vienna
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder
Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano),
Czech Philharmonic, Jirà Belohlávek (conductor)
rec. Dvorák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague
Heinrich Schütz
Ist nicht Ephraim mein teurer Sohn, SWV 40
Berlin Radio Chorus, Gijs Leenaars (director)
rec. Passionskirche, Berlin
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
Ex Aequo Trio
rec. Fundación Juan March, Madrid.
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Music Played
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied from Songs Op.1 No.1
Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Kitty Whately. -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata no.1 in G major Op.78 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang. -
Heinrich Schütz
Ist Nicht Ephraim Mein Teurer Sohn? Swv.40
Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Gijs Leenaars. -
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio In D Minor Op.11
Ensemble: Ex Aequo Trio.
Broadcast
- Sun 6 Mar 2016 19:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3