Mozart and Martinu
Sarah Walker introduces the Haffner Ensemble performing Mozart and Steven Isserlis in Martinů’s Cello Sonata No 1 at the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham.
Sarah Walker introduces highlights from the 74th Cheltenham Music Festival and performances given in the Georgian splendour of the Pittville Pump Room. Today, Nicholas Daniel’s Haffner Ensemble are joined by pianist Charles Owen to perform music that Mozart described as ‘the best work I have ever composed’. Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih present Martinů’s tumultuous Cello Sonata No.1, written during the Nazi occupation of his homeland, Czechoslovakia.
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds, K452
The Haffner Ensemble, directed by Nicholas Daniel
Charles Owen, piano
Kapralova: Ritournelle
Steven Isserlis, cello
Connie Shih, piano
Martinů: Cello Sonata No.1
Steven Isserlis, cello
Connie Shih, piano
Debussy: Syrinx
Tom Hancox, flute
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Music Played
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet in E flat major K.452 for piano and winds
Performer: Charles Owen. Ensemble: The Haffner Wind Ensemble. -
VÃtÄ›zslava Kaprálová
Ritournelle for cello and piano, Op 25
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih. -
Bohuslav Martinů
Sonata No 1 for cello and piano
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih. -
Claude Debussy
Syrinx for flute solo
Performer: Thomas Hancox.
Broadcasts
- Tue 4 Sep 2018 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Tue 21 Apr 2020 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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