Chamber Music From Vilabertran, Catalonia [Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert]

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20170221

The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. This week Fiona Talkington presents music by Haydn, Schubert, Brahms and Shostakovich in performances recorded in the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. The monastery traces its origins to 1069 and since 1997 its walls have echoed to the sound of chamber music as each year it hosts a prestigious music festival. Among the artists visiting in 2016 were the Casals Quartet, named after Catalonia's famous musical son, the brilliant pianist, Denis Kozhukhin and the rich soprano of Juliana Banse, one of the world's leading lieder singers. And new to the festival was the fresh-voiced young soprano, Anna Lucia Richter who can be heard today in a collection of songs by Schubert.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 33 in D, Hob. XVI:24

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

Schubert: Hoffnung, D.295 (Text: Friedrich von Schiller); Suleika II, D.717 (Text: Marianne von Willemer)

Schubert: 3 songs from Wilhelm Meister, D.877 (Texts by Goethe); Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst mich scheinen .

Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano)

Haydn: String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Hob. III:35 ('Sun')

Schubert: An den Mond, D.259

Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano).

Haydn and Schubert performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.

20170222

The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Fiona Talkington presents a second programme of performances made at the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. Today there is a focus on the music of Brahms.

Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 (No. 1 in E flat; No. 2 in B flat minor; No. 3 in C sharp minor)

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

Brahms: Bei dir sind meine Gedanken, Op. 95 No. 2; An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4; Wehe, so willst du mich wieder, Op. 32 No. 5; Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2; Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4; Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2; St䀀ndchen, Op. 106 No. 1

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wolfram Rieger (piano)

Alb退niz: Excerpts from 'Iberia' - Corpus Christi en Sevilla (Book I); Triana (Book II)

Schubert: Der gute Hirt, D.449

Wolfram Rieger (piano).

Brahms, Albeniz and Schubert performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.

20170223

The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Fiona Talkington introduces performances made at the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. Today the fresh voice of Anna Lucia Richter is heard in some of Schubert's settings of Walter Scott and Denis Kozhukin explores the almost orchestral sonorities of Weber's seldom-heard Piano Sonata No. 3.

Schubert: Romanze, D.797/3b; Nachtviolen, D.752: An mein Herz, D.860

Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano)

Weber: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 49

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

Schubert: Ellens Gesang I ('Raste Krieger'), D.837; Ellens Gesang II ('J䀀ger ruhe von die Jagd'), D.838; Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), D.839; Abschied von der Erde, D.829

Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano).

Music by Schubert and Weber performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.

20170224

Fiona Talkington presents a final programme this week of performances from the Schubertiade held at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Today Juliane Banse sings some of Duparc's most famous songs and the Casals Quartet take us on a journey through Shosktakovich's elegiac Eighth String Quartet of 1960, a work which ends with all four instruments on their lowest notes, with the marking 'dying.

Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob. XVI:32

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Duparc: Chanson triste; Le manoir de Rosemunde; Extase; L'invitation au voyage

Juliane Banse (soprano), Wolfram Rieger (piano)

Giovanni Sgambati: Melody from 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Gluck

Denis Kozhukhin (piano).

Music by Haydn, Shostakovich, Duparc and Sgambati from the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade.

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01	20170221	The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. This week Fiona Talkington presents music by Haydn, Schubert, Brahms and Shostakovich in performances recorded in the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. The monastery traces its origins to 1069 and since 1997 its walls have echoed to the sound of chamber music as each year it hosts a prestigious music festival. Among the artists visiting in 2016 were the Casals Quartet, named after Catalonia's famous musical son, the brilliant pianist, Denis Kozhukhin and the rich soprano of Juliana Banse, one of the world's leading lieder singers. And new to the festival was the fresh-voiced young soprano, Anna Lucia Richter who can be heard today in a collection of songs by Schubert. Presented by Fiona Talkington Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 33 in D, Hob. XVI:24 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Schubert: Hoffnung, D.295 (Text: Friedrich von Schiller); Suleika II, D.717 (Text: Marianne von Willemer) Schubert: 3 songs from Wilhelm Meister, D.877 (Texts by Goethe); Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt; Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst mich scheinen . Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano) Haydn: String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Hob. III:35 ('Sun') Schubert: An den Mond, D.259 Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano). Haydn and Schubert performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.
02	20170222	The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Fiona Talkington presents a second programme of performances made at the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. Today there is a focus on the music of Brahms. Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 (No. 1 in E flat; No. 2 in B flat minor; No. 3 in C sharp minor) Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Brahms: Bei dir sind meine Gedanken, Op. 95 No. 2; An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4; Wehe, so willst du mich wieder, Op. 32 No. 5; Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2; Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4; Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2; St䀀ndchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Juliane Banse (soprano) Wolfram Rieger (piano) Alb退niz: Excerpts from 'Iberia' - Corpus Christi en Sevilla (Book I); Triana (Book II) Schubert: Der gute Hirt, D.449 Wolfram Rieger (piano). Brahms, Albeniz and Schubert performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.
03	20170223	The Schubertiade at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Fiona Talkington introduces performances made at the Romanesque church of Catalonia's best-preserved medieval monastery. Today the fresh voice of Anna Lucia Richter is heard in some of Schubert's settings of Walter Scott and Denis Kozhukin explores the almost orchestral sonorities of Weber's seldom-heard Piano Sonata No. 3. Schubert: Romanze, D.797/3b; Nachtviolen, D.752: An mein Herz, D.860 Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano) Weber: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 49 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Schubert: Ellens Gesang I ('Raste Krieger'), D.837; Ellens Gesang II ('J䀀ger ruhe von die Jagd'), D.838; Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), D.839; Abschied von der Erde, D.829 Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano). Music by Schubert and Weber performed at the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade in Catalonia.
04	20170224	Fiona Talkington presents a final programme this week of performances from the Schubertiade held at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalunya. Today Juliane Banse sings some of Duparc's most famous songs and the Casals Quartet take us on a journey through Shosktakovich's elegiac Eighth String Quartet of 1960, a work which ends with all four instruments on their lowest notes, with the marking 'dying. Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob. XVI:32 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Duparc: Chanson triste; Le manoir de Rosemunde; Extase; L'invitation au voyage Juliane Banse (soprano), Wolfram Rieger (piano) Giovanni Sgambati: Melody from 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Gluck Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Music by Haydn, Shostakovich, Duparc and Sgambati from the 2016 Vilabertran Schubertiade.