A taste of chamber music from the Edinburgh International Festival
A selection of chamber music from the Queen's Hall, performed at the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival, including a new work for string quartet by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Musical highlights recorded at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh during the 2023 festival.
The Castalian Quartet plays Janacek鈥檚 first string quartet 鈥榓fter Tolstoy鈥檚 Kreutzer Sonata鈥�, reflecting the novella鈥檚 dark and violent story of a broken marriage. Next, the quartet give a world premiere of music by one of the most widely-performed composers of his generation, English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. Pianist colleagues and friends Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou play music for four hands on one piano; Schubert鈥檚 Fugue in E minor and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs a virtuosic finale with Ysaye鈥檚 Sonata No 6, filled with Spanish tangos and habaneras for its dedicatee, the Spanish violinist Manuel Quiroga.
Janacek: String Quartet No.1 鈥淜reuzer Sonata鈥�
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Awake - for string quartet (World Premiere)
Schubert: Fugue in E minor D952
Ysaye: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 6 in E major (Op. 27
Castalian String Quartet
Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Bertrand Chamayou - piano
Clara-Jumi Kang (violin)
Stephen Broad - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
String Quartet No.1 "Kreuzer Sonata"
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Awake
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Franz Schubert
Fugue in E minor, D.952
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Eug猫ne Ysa每e
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 6 in E major, Op. 27
Performer: Clara-Jumi Kang. -
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Jean Sibelius
The Birch (Op 75 No 4)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Sibelius: Piano Works.
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Broadcast
- Fri 15 Sep 2023 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3