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Presented by Louise Fryer. 1.00pm European Festivals: Including works by Sibelius, Stanford, Medtner, Tchaikovsky, Ockeghem, Szymanowski, Beethoven and Stravinsky.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm European Festivals

From Spain to Latvia via central Europe, featuring along the way Irish performers playing Irish music, Flemish performers singing Flemish polyphony in Poland, and Finnish performers playing Finnish and Polish music in Germany. Plus the continuation of our Beethoven piano sonata and Medtner piano concerto series.

Sibelius: Finlandia
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

Stanford: String Quintet No 1 in F
Joachim Roewer (viola)
RT脡 Vanbrugh Quartet

Jean-F茅ry Rebel: Les 茅l茅mens
Seville Baroque Orchestra
Monica Huggett (conductor)

Medtner: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
New Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Amid the din of the ball Dawn
Inessa Galante (soprano)
Irina Dolzhenko (mezzo-soprano)
Inna Davidova (piano)

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

John Kinsella: Prelude and Toccata
RT脡 Vanbrugh Quartet

Ockeghem: Mort, tu as navr茅, Miserere (D茅ploration sur la mort de Binchois)
Graindelavoix

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat
Paul Lewis (piano)

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra
Pedro Halffter (conductor).

4 hours

Broadcast

  • Wed 31 Oct 2007 13:00