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The Skampa Quartet and Melvyn Tan at Wigmore Hall

At London's Wigmore Hall, the Skampa String Quartet play Mozart and Janacek, and are joined by pianist Melvyn Tan for the rarely performed Piano Quintet by Korngold.

At London's Wigmore Hall, the Skampa String Quartet play Mozart and Jan谩膷ek, and are joined by pianist Melvyn Tan for the rarely performed Piano Quintet by Korngold.

Introduced by Martin Handley.

Mozart: String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance)
Jan谩膷ek: String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)

8.15pm Interval

Interval music:
Korngold - Abschiedslieder op. 14
Sarah Connolly - Mezzo-soprano
William Dazeley - Bass
Iain Burnside - Piano

Part 2:

Korngold: Piano Quintet in E, Op 15

艩kampa Quartet
Melvyn Tan (piano)

Encore:
Dvorak: Scherzo from Quintet no. 2 in A major op. 81

Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, on 18 February 2018

The 艩kampa Quartet, from the Czech Republic, perform two of the great works of the quartet repertoire: Mozart's 'Dissonance', which takes its name from its harmonically probing slow introduction; and Jan谩膷ek's fiercely passionate First Quartet, named after a novella by Tolstoy which in turn is named after a Beethoven Violin Sonata. After the interval they are joined by pianist Melvyn Tan for Erich Korngold's rarely heard Piano Quintet: composed in 1923 before he left Europe for Hollywood it is typically expansive and Romantic, but also an essentially good-humoured work, apparently laced with coded musical messages to his fianc茅e.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 22 Feb 2018 19:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance)

    Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    String Quartet No 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata)

    Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Songs of Farewell (Abschiedslieder), Op 14

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: William Dazeley.
    • Songs of Erich Korngold.
    • Signum.
    • 2.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Piano Quintet in E, Op 15

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet No 2 In A, Op 81 (Scherzo)

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 44301.
    • 5.

Credit

Performer 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Feb 2018 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3