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A journey to Fanny Mendelssohn's String Quartet

Sara Mohr-Pietsch embarks on a musical journey towards Fanny Mendelssohn's String Quartet, a brilliantly original and inventive work tragically uncelebrated in Fanny's lifetime.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E-Flat Op. 20: IV Presto

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Erin Keefe. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Andrew Wan. Performer: Cynthia Phelps. Performer: Richard O'Neill. Performer: Edward Arron. Performer: Robert deMaine.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto · Octet.
    • Onyx.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in D Major, K. 381: II. Andante

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Two Pianos and Piano Four-Hands.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Music Arranger: The Kanneh‐Masons. Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Carnival.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faust Et Hélène.
    • Chandos.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: II. Scherzo. Tempo di Menuetto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Clara Schumann & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios & String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Emma Suite

    Composer: David Schweitzer. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Conductor: Alastair King.
    • EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Back Lot Music.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G Major No. 1: III. Menuetto. Presto

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Haydn String Quartets.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 1 in G Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando giocoso

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 & Slavonic March.
    • Pentatone.
  • Salamone Rossi

    Psalm 100: Mizmor letoda

    Ensemble: Profeti della Quinta. Director: Elam Rotem.
    • Rossi: Il mantovano hebreo.
    • Linn Records.
  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana, Op. 12: VI. O Albion

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Sound Escapes.
    • CapriccioNR.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No.3 - "Eroica"; Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, WTC Book 1

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2, BWV 846-893 (1997 Recording).
    • Hyperion.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn, Felix & Fanny: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Apr 2025 13:30