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Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses

Featuring music by Byrd, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Fleetwood Mac performed by brilliant young artists at concerts around the UK.

New Generation Artists: Hugh Cutting, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Elisabeth Brauss in music by Mendelssohn, Wagner, William Byrd and Fleetwood Mac.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recordings from some of the brilliant young artists appearing this week at the London Jazz Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival and Wigmore Hall.

Dave O'Higgins: Ballad for Barry
Dave O'Higgins (sax) with recent NGAs Rob Luft (guitar) and Mischa Mullov-Abbado (bass) plus Ross Stanley (piano) and Billy Pod (drums)

Byrd: Ye sacred muses - Tallis is Dead
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird
Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Danny Murphy (lute)

Wagner: Traume from Wesendonck
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), James Baillieu (piano)

Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Oct 2023 16:30

Music Played

  • Dave O’Higgins

    Ballad for Barry

    Performer: Rob Luft. Performer: Dave O’Higgins. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Ross Stanley. Performer: Billy Pod.
  • William Byrd

    Ye sacred muse

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Christine McVie

    Songbird

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Richard Wagner

    Träume (Wesendonck Lieder)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations serieuses in D minor, Op.54

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Waltz (From "Der Liebling des Publikums")

    Conductor: Frank Strobel. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 110.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Oct 2023 16:30

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