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Mozart in Bath and Bradford-on-Avon (2/4)

Sarah Walker presents highlights from the Bath Mozart Minifest 2020, including Saint-Saens and Mozart.

Sarah Walker introduces highlights from the 2020 Bath Mozart Minifest, with concerts recorded at the Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. The concert begins with a romantic work, the sonata for bassoon and piano, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns towards the end of his life. This work is unconventional in form, and full of deep feeling and emotion. The final work in the concert is Mozart’s famous lyrical Clarinet Quintet. The clarinet was one of Mozart’s favourite instruments, and this work is full of melodic charm, ending with a set of variations in the finale.

Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon and piano, Op 168
Amy Harman, bassoon
Alasdair Beatson, piano

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Michael Collins, clarinet
Doric String Quartet
Alex Redington, violin
Ying Wue, violin
Hélène Clément, viola
John Myerscough, cello

Produced by Luke Whitlock.

54 minutes

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Sonata in G major, Op.168 for bassoon and piano

    Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
  • Paul Reade

    Exotica (Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Dec 2020 13:05