Big Chamber Weekend [Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert]

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01Introducing Mark Simpson And Friends2019043020220301 (R3)Tom McKinney presents the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend recorded at Saffron Hall in Essex, which brings the composer and virtuoso clarinettist Mark Simpson together with his friends in some of the music he loves best, played alongside his own chamber-music works. Today, he plays Beethoven and Brahms trios with cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Richard Uttley, plus one of his own works for clarinet and piano and Richard Uttley plays another, for piano solo.

Mark Simpson is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

Trio in B flat, Op.11

Mark Simpson (clarinet)

Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)

Richard Uttley (piano)

Lov(escape)

Barkham Fantasy

Trio in A minor Op.114 for clarinet or viola, cello and piano

Elizabeth Arno (producer)

Mark Simpson and friends perform Beethoven, Brahms and Simpson.

02Homages From Schumann To Janacek2019050120220302 (R3)Tom McKinney presents the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend recorded at Saffron Hall in Essex, which brings the composer and virtuoso clarinettist Mark Simpson together with his friends in some of the music he loves best, played alongside his own chamber-music works. Today, he presents a sequence of homages, starting with Schumann's much-loved M䀀rchenerz䀀lungen, Kurtag's Homage to Schumann and Simpson's own Homage to Kurtag. The Navarra String Quartet play Janacek's own homage to the Kreutzer Sonata, the nickname for the String Quartet No.1.

Mark Simpson is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

M䀀rchenerz䀀lungen (Fairy Tales)

Mark Simpson (clarinet)

Adam Newman (viola)

Richard Uttley (piano)

String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata

Elizabeth Arno (producer)

Mark Simpson and friends perform Schumann, Kurtag, Janacek and Simpson.

03British Favourites2019050220220303 (R3)Tom McKinney continues a week of lunchtime concerts from the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend recorded at Saffron Hall in Essex, which brings the composer and virtuoso clarinettist Mark Simpson together with his friends in some of the music he loves best, played alongside his own chamber-music works. Today, he plays some of his favourite chamber music by British composers, from Ireland to Howells.

Mark Simpson is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

Fantasy Sonata

Mark Simpson (clarinet)

Richard Uttley (piano)

Night Music

Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)

MAXWELL DAVIES

Trumpet Sonata

Simon H怀fele (trumpet)

Rhapsodic Quintet

Navarra String Quartet

Elizabeth Arno (producer)

Mark Simpson and friends perform Ireland, Maxwell Davies, Howells and Simpson.

04Chamber Music Favourites From The Usa2019050320220304 (R3)In the last concert recorded at Saffron Hall for the Radio 3 Big Chamber Weekend, composer and virtuoso clarinettist Mark Simpson brings his friends together in a programme of American repertoire, including the world-premiere of his own American-inspired work for current Radio 3 New Generation Artist trumpeter, Simon H怀fele.

Mark Simpson is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

Presented by Tom McKinney.

GERSHWIN

Preludes

Simon H怀fele (trumpet)

Richard Uttley (piano)

Three pieces for trumpet and piano

Co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3, the Royal Philharmonic Society and Saffron Hall, Essex

BERNSTEIN

Clarinet Sonata

Mark Simpson (clarinet)

ANTHEIL

Trumpet Sonata

COPLAND

Sextet

Navarra String Quartet

Elizabeth Arno (producer)

Mark Simpson and friends perform Gershwin, Bernstein, Antheil, Copland and Simpson.