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Chamber music and songs by pioneering 19th century Swedish women composers including Valborg Aulin, Alice Tegner and Helene Tham plus Clara Schumann's virtuosic piano trio.

This week we have a chance to hear little-performed chamber music & songs, sung by star Swedish lyric soprano Hillevi Martinpelto, by pioneering 19th-century Swedish women composers including Valborg Aulin, Alice Tegn茅r, Helena Munktell & H茅l猫ne Tham. Alice Tegn茅r found fame in the great many children鈥檚 songs that she composed which were exceedingly popular and many of them are still central to the Swedish children鈥檚 song tradition, while Helena Munktell studied in Paris under 脡mile Durand & Vincent d'Indy and was the first Swedish woman to write an opera. The centrepiece of today's recital is the 1846 Piano Trio by Clara Schumann which sparkles with intensity & virtuosity.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Valborg Aulin - Elegy, op. 8/3, for violin and piano
Per Sporrong, violin
Johan Ull茅n, piano

Alice Tegn茅r - 脡tude romantique, for piano
Maria Rostotsky, piano

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17
Cecilia Zilliacus, violin
Amalie Stalheim, cello
David Huang, piano

Helena Munktell - Songs
Det f枚rste m枚de (The First Meeting)
脜ter i Sorrento (Greetings to Sorrente)

H茅l猫ne Tham - Songs
Helsning
Svanen
Fr氓n nya hemmet
Erinran
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
Michael Engstr枚m, piano

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Valborg Aulin

    Elegy Op.8`3 for voilin and piano

    Performer: Per Sporrong. Performer: Johan Ull茅n.
  • Alice Tegn茅r

    Etude romantique for piano

    Performer: Maria Rostotsky.
  • Clara Schumann

    Trio in G minor, Op.17

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Amalie Stalheim. Performer: David Wong.
  • Helena Munktell

    Songs

    Performer: Michael Engstrom. Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto.
  • H茅l猫ne Tham

    Songs for voice and piano

    Performer: Michael Engstrom. Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Mar 2019 13:00