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Concerts in the Cotswolds: Polyphony sing Finzi and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective play Brahms

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Polyphony singing Finzi and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective playing Brahms’s first Piano Quartet.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

We revisit this year’s Tetbury Music Festival one last time this week with choral group Polyphony singing music by Finzi and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective playing Brahms. There’s more British baroque music from French ensemble Le Consort’s concert given at this summer’s Rheingau Musik Festival, and at 3pm our orchestra in focus this week, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, is joined by singers Nicky Spence and Ashley Riches for part of Messiaen’s extraordinary opera St Francis of Assisi.

1302
Modest Mussorgsky ed. Rimsky-Korsakov
A Night on the Bare Mountain
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Gustav Mahler
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, No. 6)
James Newby (baritone)
Simon Lepper (piano)

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

1400
Gerald Finzi
7 Poems of Robert Bridges
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Mrs Philarmonica
Sonata No 5 in C minor (2nd and 3rd mvts)
Le Consort

1500
Olivier Messiaen
Saint Francis of Assisi – Act 2 Tableau 6 ‘St Francis preaches to the birds’ (extract)
Nicky Spence (Brother Masseo, tenor)
Ashley Riches (St Francis, bass-baritone)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for violin, viola and orchestra K. 364
Laura Samuel (violin)
Scott Dickinson (viola)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Henry Mancini (arr. Tom Poster)
Moon River
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Antonius von Padua (Das Knaben Wunderhorn - No.6) - Live

    Singer: James Newby.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, op 25

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Children's Album: ii - Winter Morning

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, op 17

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
  • Mrs. Philarmonica

    Sonata quinta in C minor (Divertimenti da Camera) - 2nd & 3rd mvts

    Ensemble: Le Consort.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Mother Goose Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • John Rutter

    All Bells in Paradise

    Performer: Parker Ramsay. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Traditional Christmas Carols from King's.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 120.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    St Francis of Assisi, Act 2 Tableau 6, 'Sermon To The Birds'

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Singer: Ashley Riches. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.364

    Performer: Laura Samuel. Performer: Scott Dickinson. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Dec 2024 13:00