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12/11/2007

1.00pm Lunchtime Concert: The Takacs Quartet perform late works by Mozart and Dvorak. 2.00pm Works by Britten, Holst and Elgar performed by 大象传媒 Orchestras.

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch live from London's Wigmore Hall. The Takacs Quartet, one of the world's leading string quartets, perform a programme of late works by Mozart and Dvorak. The second of his six quartets dedicated to Haydn, the D minor is Mozart's only mature string quartet written in a minor key, while in his 'American' quartet, Dvorak explores the various musical influences of his adopted home.

Mozart: Quartet in D minor for strings, K421
Dvorak: Quartet No 12 in F for strings, Op 96 (American)

2.00pm

This week the British Symphony Series concentrates on the works of Elgar and Walton, in performances by 大象传媒 orchestras.

Britten: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 13
Steven Osborne (piano)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Holst: The Planets, Op 32
Ladies of the RSNO Chorus
Tim Dean (chorus director)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

4 hours

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Mon 12 Nov 2007 13:00

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  • Mon 12 Nov 2007 13:00