
Delius, Pleyel, Bartok
Sprightly strings from Delius, virtuosic flute from Pleyel and spiky strings, percussion and celesta from Bartok contrast with music by Amy Beach, Sibelius, Smetana and Quantz.
Sprightly strings from Delius, virtuosic flute from Pleyel, spiky Strings, Percussion and Celesta from Bartok and a boisterous polka by Smetana - contrasted with the more serene: Amy Beach's evocation of the morning call of a songbird, Sibelius's hymn to his homeland and a viola sonata by Quantz full of loving affection.
Producer: Ian Wallington.
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Music Played
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Frederick Delius
Quick and lightly (2nd movement of String Quartet)
Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- Delius Elgar String Quartets.
- NAXOS.
- 2.
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Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Morn
Performer: Cécile Licad.- American Nocturnes Cecile Licad piano.
- Dana Cord.
- 9.
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Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Rondo: Allegro Molto (3rd movement of Flute Concerto in C, B106)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Revolution.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Hymn
Choir: Pirkanpojat Boy's Choir. Conductor: Jussi Kauranen.- Ovi auki The Door is Open.
- ALBA.
- 24.
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Bedrich Smetana
Polka (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Slavonic Festival.
- NAXOS.
- 3.
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Johann Joachim Quantz
Amorevole (Viola Sonata in A minor, QV 1:114)
Performer: Roger Myers. Performer: Céline Frisch.- Viola Music of the Bach Family.
- NOTOS.
- 4.
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Béla Bartók
Allegro (2nd movement of Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta/Concerto for Orchestra.
- DG.
- 2.
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- Tue 3 Jul 2018 19:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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