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Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. In our final trip to last year’s Bath Mozartfest, the Takacs Quartet plays the first of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ set of quartets. We also hear from the Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival in Basel, with the precocious Erich Korngold’s Piano Trio – composed when he was just 12 years old – performed by the starry trio of Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) and Alexander Lonquich (piano).

And to end this week’s showcase of the symphonies of Weinberg and Shostakovich, for our 3pm centrepiece today the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic performs the 15th and final symphony by Shostakovich, a profound and enigmatic piece featuring a patchwork of musical quotations from Rossini to Wagner.

1303
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Paul Watkins (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Razumovsky’
Takacs Quartet

Salamone Rossi
Sonata on the Ruggiero aria
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin (director)

1400
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Piano Trio in D major, Op. 1
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Alexander Lonquich (piano)

Louise Farrenc
Overture No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 24
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

1500
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV849
Alexander Gadijev (piano)

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