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Choral and chamber concerts from the Cotswolds

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Imogen Cooper and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective at this year’s Tetbury Music Festival.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Today, world-renowned pianist Imogen Cooper performs the first of three late Beethoven sonatas at this year’s Tetbury Music Festival in the heart of the Cotswolds. There’s also music by Parry and Pejačević from Tetbury, and we hear French baroque ensemble Le Consort exploring British baroque treasures at this summer’s Rheingau Musik Festival. Plus at 3pm our orchestra in focus this week, the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra, perform Stravinsky’s ballet The Fairy’s Kiss, a loving homage to the music of Tchaikovsky.

1303
Gustav Holst
Nunc Dimittis
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Imogen Cooper (piano)

Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell (selection)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Dora Pejačević
Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 25
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

1400
Mrs Philarmonica
Sonata No 3 in G minor
Le Consort

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 39 in G minor, ‘Tempesta di mare’
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
Janez Podlesek (conductor)

George Walker
Lyric for strings
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

1500
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy’s Kiss
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Nicola Matteis
Suite in G minor
Le Consort

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Nunc Dimittis (from Two Motets, op 43)

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell (selection)

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
  • Anon.

    Swete was the song

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 25

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
  • Mrs. Philarmonica

    Sonata No. 3 in G minor

    Ensemble: Le Consort.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 39 in G minor, Hob. I:39 ('Tempesta di mare')

    Orchestra: RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Janez Podlesek.
  • Anonymous

    Ther is no rose of swych virtu

    Performer: Stevie Wishart. Ensemble: Sinfonye. Singer: Vivien Ellis. Director: Stevie Wishart.
    • Gabriel's Greeting: Medieval English Christmas Music: Sinfonye/Wishart.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Fairy's Kiss

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • John Carmichael

    Sleighride to Thredbo

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Naxos.
  • Nicola Matteis Sr.

    Suite in G minor

    Ensemble: Le Consort.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Dec 2024 13:00