Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Navarra Quartet, Schubert Ensemble | 20160906 | 20170328 (R3) | This week's concerts are from festivals held in the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Every August since 1986, the Tabernacle in Machynlleth has been home to an international music festival. Today the Navarra Quartet perform the second of Haydn's Opus 9 quartets. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2016, Gower Festival takes place a month earlier, in churches spread across an area that boasts one of Wales' most spectacular landscapes. Recorded at All Saints in Oystermouth, the Schubert Ensemble perform Schubert's Trout Quintet. Presented by Christopher Cook. Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 9 No 2 Navarra Quartet: Magnus Johnston violin Marije Ploemacher violin Simone van der Giessen viola Brian O'Kane cello Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D 887 (Trout) Schubert Ensemble: William Howard, piano Simon Blendis, violin Douglas Paterson, viola Jane Salmon, cello Peter Buckoke, double bass. The Navarra Quartet play Haydn and the Schubert Ensemble perform Schubert's Trout Quintet. |
| 02 | Anna Stephany, Schubert Ensemble | 20160906 | 20160907 (R3) 20170329 (R3) | This week's concerts are from festivals held in the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today, mezzo-soprano Anna St退phany explores French song repertoire with pianist Sholto Kynoch and the Schubert Ensemble play a new piece inspired by the landscape from Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Faur退's emotionally charged First Piano Quartet. Introduced by Christopher Cook. A selection of French songs Anna St退phany, mezzo-soprano Sholto Kynoch, piano Cheryl Frances-Hoad: 'The Whole Earth Dances Schubert Ensemble: Simon Blendis, violin Douglas Paterson, viola Jane Salmon, cello Peter Buckoke, double bass Faur退: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15 No 1 William Howard, piano Jane Salmon, cello. With Anna Stephany in French songs and the Schubert Ensemble in a piano quartet by Faure. |
| 03 | Anna Stephany, Trio Isimsiz | 20160908 | 20170330 (R3) | This week's concerts are from festivals held in two of Britain's most beautiful areas, the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today's highlights include songs by Schumann and Welsh composer Rhian Samuel's new work Wildflower Songbook, written specially for and sung by mezzo-soprano Anna St退phany with pianist Sholto Kynoch, recorded at Machynlleth's Tabernacle, and Trio Isimsiz perform Schumann's restless last Piano Trio - written in 1851, just five years before his death - in the peaceful location of St. John's Gowerton. Presented by Christopher Cook Schumann: Die Blume der Ergebung, Op. 83 No. 2 Schumann: Roselein, Roselein, Op. 89 No. 6 Anna St退phany, mezzo-soprano Sholto Kynoch, piano Rhian Samuel: Wildflower Songbook Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op 110 Trio Isimsiz: Erdem Misirlioglu, piano Pablo Hernan Benedi, violin Michael Petrov, cello. A Schumann song and his final piano trio: No 3 in G minor. Plus a work by Rhian Samuel. |
| 04 | Navarra Quartet | 20160909 | 20170331 (R3) | This week's concerts are from two festivals held in the outstanding scenic surroundings of the Gower Peninsula and the picturesque mid-Wales market-town of Machynlleth. Today's highlights include a performance given in Machynlleth's Tabernacle by the Navarra Quartet of the quartet said to be Beethoven's own favourite, his C sharp minor, Op 131. Introduced by Christopher Cook. Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 Navarra Quartet: Magnus Johnston, violin Marije Johnston, violin Simone van der Giessen, viola Brian O'Kane, cello. The Navarra Quartet performs Beethoven's Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131, in Machynlleth. |