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The Takacs Quartet live from the Wigmore Hall and a musical celebration of spring

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring the Takacs Quartet.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by 大象传媒 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Today's programme begins with a live recital from London鈥檚 Wigmore Hall featuring the world-renowned Takacs Quartet giving a programme of Haydn alongside Dvorak. Dvorak鈥檚 E flat quartet Op. 51 is sometimes referred to as his 鈥淪lavonic鈥 quartet because of his conscious musical references to the style of the folk music of his native land.

To celebrate the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, the 大象传媒 Philharmonic perform Schumann鈥檚 symphonic evocation of the spring landscape - his first symphony. Burgeoning and Spring-like in more ways than one. Plus there are chamber concert recordings from Tokyo, performances from the Hathor Consort at the 2024 Resonanzen Festival held in Vienna and the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales perform music written by Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova.

Live from Wigmore Hall London and presented by Martin Handley.

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D minor Op. 42

Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet in E flat Op. 51

Takacs Quartet

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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano for small orchestra, No.1 La Primavera
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Gabriel Faur茅
Ballade in F sharp, Op. 19
Nour Ayadi (piano)
Radio France Philharmonic
Mikko Franck (conductor)

Astor Piazzolla arr. Sergio Assad
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Spring
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

Frank Bridge
Enter Spring
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Matthias Weckmann
Zion Spricht
Hathor Consort

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, 'Spring'
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Camille Saint-Sa毛ns
'Les Cloches de Las Palmas', from 6 脡tudes pour piano, Op. 111
Marie-Ange Nguci (piano)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D minor, Op.42

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in E flat, Op.51

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Humoresque [Five Fantasy Pieces for String Quartet]

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Arts and Dances I & III ETC.: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Matthias Weckmann

    Zion spricht

    Singer: Hannah Morrison. Singer: Marnix De Cat. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Johannes Andreas Wolf. Ensemble: Hathor Consort. Director: Romina Lischka.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Ballade in F sharp, op. 19

    Performer: Nour Ayadi. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
  • Frank Bridge

    Enter Spring - rhapsody for orchestra

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires arr. Sergio Assad (Spring)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Les Cloches de Las Palmas, from '6 脡tudes pour piano, op. 111'

    Performer: Marie-Ange Nguci.
  • Libby Larsen

    A Lover's Journey

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Franz Liszt

    Harmonies du soir [Transcendental Studies - No.11 in D flat]

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 211.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne arr Johnson

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 May 2024 13:00