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The Takacs Quartet play Mozart in Bath and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Weinberg

Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Takacs Quartet playing Mozart at the Bach MozartFest 2024.

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

Throughout this week we hear recordings made at the Bath Mozartfest 2024 - today the Takacs Quartet perform music by the festival’s namesake, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and there’s also Beethoven from the Nash Ensemble. We’ve Bach from Ensemble Masques performed at the Herne Early Music Days festival in Germany, and our 3pm centrepiece today comes from Dresden, where Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Staatskapelle in Mieczysław Weinberg’s folk-infused 3rd Symphony.

Plus ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, Grammy nominated composer Anna Clyne launches the series with a fanfare recalling the arrival of the new millennium in her orchestral work for the ѿý Philharmonic, The Eye.

1303
Ruperto Chapi
Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores (from Las hijas del Zebedeo)
Niamh O’Sullivan (mezzo soprano)
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, K 421
Takacs Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
Nash Ensemble

Johann Strauss II
Overture (Die Fledermaus)
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin (director)

1500
Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 45
Dresden Staatskapelle
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

Leokadiya Kashperova
Evening
ѿý Singers Women's Voices
Hilary Campbell (conductor)

Libby Larsen
Deep Summer Music
Ulster Orchestra
James Burton (conductor)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Ruperto Chapí

    Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores - Carceleras (Las hijas del Zebedeo)

    Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, K 421

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op. 20

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Anna Clyne

    The Eye

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • António Carreira

    Omnes amici mei

    Ensemble: Graindelavoix. Conductor: Björn Schmelzer.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

    Ensemble: Ensemble Masques. Conductor: Olivier Fortin.
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 45

    Composer: Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Evening

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
  • Libby Larsen

    Deep Summer Music

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: James Burton.
  • Thomas Robinson

    Spanish Pavan (Cozens Lute Book)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Jacobean Lute Music.
    • BIS.
    • 26.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent noon

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Helen Charlston.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jan 2025 13:00