Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet at the Bath Mozartfest

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Nash Ensemble performing Mozart in the Assembly Rooms, Bath.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. Today we’ve more Mozart recorded at last year’s Bath Mozartfest, with the Nash Ensemble performing the sublime Clarinet Quintet, and there’s Beethoven from pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and the Dresden Staatskapelle with conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Then at 3pm, our centrepiece brings together the two composers whose symphonies we’re focussing on throughout the week: Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphony No. 12, written in memory of Shostakovich and performed today by the ѿý Philharmonic and conductor John Storgards.

1303
Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 No. 4
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Nash Ensemble

Zoltan Kodaly
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)

1400
John Foulds
Sicilian Aubade
Cynthia Fleming (violin)
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

1500
Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 12 (In Memoriam Shostakovich)
ѿý Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask ѿý Sounds to play Classical Live".

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat, D. 899 No. 4

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt.
  • John Foulds

    Sicilian Aubade [1927]

    Performer: Cynthia Fleming. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • GBѿý.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Queen of love

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in A flat major, Op 87 No 17a

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • On DSCH.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Symphony No. 12, Op. 114, 'In memoriam Shostakovich'

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
  • François Couperin

    Concerts Royaux; Premier Concert Gavotte

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • 貹é.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Jan 2025 13:00