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Bath Mozartfest 2017: Alban Gerhardt; Imogen Cooper; Takacs Quartet

From the Bath Mozartfest 2017 Tom Redmond presents music by Bach, Schubert and Shostakovich.

Today's Lunchtime Concert presented by Tom Redmond, comes from the Bath Mozartfest 2017, and is performed in the iconic and historic Assembly Rooms and Guildhall. The cellist Alban Gerhardt starts with music for solo cello, Bach's Suite No 2 BWV1008. The pianist Imogen Cooper then performs Schubert's Klavierst眉ck in E flat major, D946 No 2. This is followed by the Tak谩cs Quartet and the deeply personal String Quartet No 11 by Shostakovich, which the composer dedicated to his friend the violinist Vasily Shirinsky.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No 2 in D minor for solo cello, BWV1008
Alban Gerhardt, cello

Franz Schubert
Klavierst眉ck in E flat major, D946 No 2
Imogen Cooper, piano

Dimitry Shostakovich
String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 122
Tak谩cs Quartet

Produced by Luke Whitlock.

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No. 2 in D minor for solo cello BWV1008

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt.
  • Franz Schubert

    Klavierstuck in E flat major, D946 No. 2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op 122

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Encores as performed by Pablo Casals: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Feb 2018 13:00