
Day of Dance
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, focusing exclusively on dance-inspired music and including a live concert from the Arnolfini in Bristol.
Tom McKinney showcases specially recorded performances of dance-related music from great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Part of Radio 3's Day of Dance, today's programme includes a special live concert from the Arnolfini in Bristol featuring current ѿý New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet and pianist Julius Asal, who performs music from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. We’ll also hear orchestral dances from Ravel and Rachmaninov, and music from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda – the famous Dance of the Hours.
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Felix Ardanaz (conductor)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages
Ryan Corbett (accordion)
Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
ѿý Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
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1330-1500
Live from the Arnolfini in Bristol - a concert featuring current ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet and pianist Julius Asal. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Erwin Schulhoff
5 Pieces for String Quartet
Kleio Quartet
Benjamin Britten
3 Divertimenti
Kleio Quartet
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4, “Sunrise” (3rd mvt, Minuet)
Kleio Quartet
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (exceprts, piano version)
Julius Asal (piano)
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1500
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor)
Andre Danican Philidor the elder
Bourrée D’Avignonez
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
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Music Played
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Félix Ardanaz. -
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Sauvages from Suite in G major/minor
Performer: Ryan Corbett. -
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda (Dance of the Hours)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. -
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 - Verses from "Polydora" - 18. Es bebet das
Composer: Johannes Brahms. Performer: Karl Engel. Performer: Karl Engel. Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Singer: Edith Mathis. Singer: Edith Mathis. Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Peter Schreier. Singer: Peter Schreier. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.- Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer.
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Benjamin Britten
3 Divertimenti for string quartet
Performer: Kleio Quartet. -
Erwin Schulhoff
5 Pieces for Strings
Ensemble: Kleio Quartet. -
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No 4 'Sunrise' (3rd mvt, Minuet)
Ensemble: Kleio Quartet. -
William Mathias
Dance Overture (Dawns Agored), Op 16
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (Suite, with improvisations)
Performer: Julius Asal. Music Arranger: Julius Asal. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
English suite no.2 in A minor BWV.807 (Bourree)
Performer: Ryan Corbett. -
Andre Danican Philidor the elder
Bourrée D'Avignonez
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
Hear ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artists in a live broadcast concert at the Arnolfini, Bristol: 8 November 2024 at 1.30pm

Broadcast
- Fri 8 Nov 2024 13:00ѿý Radio 3