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The Chiaroscuro Quartet at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Chiaroscuro Quartet playing Beethoven.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. Today, world-renowned string group the Chiaroscuro Quartet perform music by Beethoven, recorded in the intimate setting of Bantry House at this year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival. There is also music by Stanford and Vivaldi from West Cork, and we hear Bach from a concert given by Le Concert des Nations in the Palace of Charles V, in the Alhambra, Granada. Plus the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra play Roxanna Panufnik’s imaginative reworkings of three songs by Alma Mahler and former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artist Helen Charlston sings songs by Clara Schumann.

1303
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor)

Charles Villiers Stanford
Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet
Matthew Hunt (clarinet)
Signum Quartet

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G minor, RV 157
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in D major, K 311
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Alma Mahler/Roxanna Panufnik
Alma’s Songs without Words: 1. Hymne; 2. Ansturm; 3. Hymne an die Nacht
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

1400
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)

Clara Schumann
6 Songs, Op. 13
Helen Charlston (mezzo soprano)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Edward MacDowell
2 Fragments after the Song of Roland
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

1500
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Chiaroscuro Quartet

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks (Op.4)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • GBÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet

    Performer: Matthew Hunt. Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for strings in G minor RV 157

    Ensemble: Camerata Oresund.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in D major, K311

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Alma's Songs Without Words

    Composer: Roxanna Panufnik. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

    Performer: Charles Zebley. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.
  • Clara Schumann

    Six Songs, Op. 13

    Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Helen Charlston.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No.1 Op.23

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
  • Edward MacDowell

    2 Fragments after the Song of Roland for orchestra

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance, Music for inner peace: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • UCJ.
    • 9.
  • Alun Hoddinott

    Welsh Dances - Suite No 2, Op 64

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Nov 2024 13:00