Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| After Forever | 20181023 | World-renowned soloists and chamber musicians gather each year in this stunning setting 600 kilometres northeast of Helsinki. Nestling amid lakes Ontoj䀀rvi, Lammasj䀀rvi and Lentua, beside the protected wilderness of Hiidenportti National Park, the Kuhmo Arts Centre has floor-to-ceiling windows - bringing the outside world in to the musical space. In today's concert Sarah Walker introduces music by Mozart and Brahms on the theme of timelessness. Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397 Irina Zahharenkova, piano Brahms: 2 Songs Op.91 Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano Yuval Gotlibovich, viola Claudio Trovajoli, piano Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 Michel Lethiec, clarinet Ilya Gringolts & Anahit Kurtikyan, violins Barbora Hilpo, viola Edward Arron, cello Music by Mozart and Brahms on the theme of timelessness from the Kuhmo Festival in Finland |
| G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung | 20181026 | Music on the theme of love and death by Wagner and Schoenberg from the 49th Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, presented by Sarah Walker. Schoenberg's epic string sextet, Verkl䀀rte Nacht, was inspired by meeting his future wife, Mathilde von Zemlinsky, for the first time. These performances were recorded in the stunning setting of the Kuhmo Arts Centre, on the shores of Lake Lammasj䀀rvi in Eastern Finland. Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano Claudio Trovajoli, piano Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618 ŀtta Ensemble, vocal ensemble Carsten Schmidt, organ Schoenberg: Verkl䀀rte Nacht, Op. 4 Ilya Gringolts, violin Karolina Weltrowska, violin Yuval Gotlibovich, viola Vlad Bogdanas, viola Joona Pulkkinen, cello David Cohen, cello Music on the theme of love and death by Wagner and Schoenberg, presented by Sarah Walker |
| Muses And Sirens | 20181025 | Music depicting Muses and Sirens performed at the 49th Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Eastern Finland, presented by Sarah Walker, including Saint-Sa뀀ns's 'La Muse et le po耀te', which the composer referred to as a conversation between the two instruments instead of a debate between two virtuosos. Its improvisational structure is a deliberate strike against some German composers whose insistence on rigid form was, he felt, destroying music's soul. Saint-Sa뀀ns: La Muse et le po耀te, Op. 132 Mi-Sa Yang, violin David Cohen, cello Nino Gvetadze, piano Berlioz: Rꀀverie et caprice, Op. 8 Jehye Lee, violin Dasol Kim, piano Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 ('Fatto per la notte di natale Mi-Sa Yang, Leena Jaakkola, Siljamari Heikinheimo, Abel Puustinen, violins Annariina Jokela, viola Beata Antikainen & James Wilson, cellos Panu P䀀rssinen , double bass Carsten Schmidt , harpsichord Lili Boulanger: Les Sir耀nes ŀtta Ensemble, women's voices Sophie Klussmann, soprano Victoire Bunel, mezzo-soprano Matilda K䀀rkk䀀inen, piano Rachmaninov arr. Kreisler: Preghiera (arr. of Adagio sostenuto, from 'Piano Concerto No. 2') Elina V䀀h䀀l䀀 , violin Andrea Rucli , piano Messiaen: O sacrum convivium Sofia Niklasson & Jennie Eriksson Nordin, sopranos Christiane H怀jlund & Elin Lannemyr , altos Fredrik Mattsson & Love Tronner , tenors Johan Pejler & Erik Arnel怀f , basses Music depicting Muses and Sirens by Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Berlioz & Lili Boulanger from Kuhmo |
| Swirls | 20181024 | Sarah Walker presents music evoking swirling water by Debussy, Schubert and Clara Schumann from the 49th Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Eastern Finland. Today's performers include Vladimir Mendelssohn, the Festival's Director, playing viola in Schubert's Gesang der Geister über den Wassern (Song of the Spirits over the Waters), setting words by Goethe. The dark timbres of the scoring, for men's voices, violas, cellos and double bass, underpin some of Schubert's most arresting harmonies. Debussy: La cath退drale engloutie, from 'Pr退ludes, Book 1 Alessandra Ammara, piano Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714 ŀtta Ensemble, men's voices Niall Chorell, tenor Jaakko Kortekangas & Thomas Florio, baritones Peter Walker, bass Vladimir Mendelssohn & Annariina Jokela, violas Joona Pulkkinen & Maja Bogdanovic, cello Petri M䀀kiharju, double bass Strauss: St䀀ndchen (Serenade); Arabischer Tanz; Liebesliedchen Hugo Ticciati, violin Gareth Lubbe, viola Julian Arp, cello Diana Ketler, piano Ravel: Une barque sur l'oc退an, from 'Miroirs Clara Schumann: Lorelei Sophie Klussmann, soprano Roberto Prosseda, piano Piazzolla: Introducci n al ကngel; Milonga del ကngel Daniel Rowland, violin Alberto Mesirca, guitar Henrik Sand倀s, bandoneon Zoran Markovic, double bass Marko Hilpo, piano Music evoking swirling water by Debussy, Schubert and Clara Schumann, with Sarah Walker |