Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20170502 | This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 80th year of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, curated by pianist Martin Roscoe. Today, flautist Adam Walker and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform Bach's E minor sonata, viola player Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford Phillips play one of Brahms' two viola sonatas, and The Arcadia Quartet performs one of Haydn's Op.33 string quartets. Bach: Sonata in E minor, BWV.1034 Adam Walker (flute) / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op.33 No.5 Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op.120 No.1 Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Presented by Hannah French. Chamber music by Bach, Haydn and Brahms from the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society. |
| 02 | 20170503 | This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 80th year of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, curated by pianist Martin Roscoe. Today, flautist Adam Walker and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform Baroque music by Francois Couperin and Jacques Duphly, and viola player Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford Phillips perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'Power Play' and a theme and variations by the 19th-century French composer Georges Hüe, who was a pupil of Gounod and Franck. Georges Hüe: Th耀me vari退 Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Duphly: La Forqueray (Chaconne) Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Couperin: Concert Royal IV (1722) Adam Walker (flute) / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Mark-Anthony Turnage: Power Play Presented by Hannah French. Music by Couperin, Duphy, Hue and Turnage from the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society. |
| 03 | 20170504 | This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 80th year of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, curated by pianist Martin Roscoe. Today, flautist Adam Walker and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform Bach's B minor sonata, viola player Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford Phillips perform York Bowen's second viola sonata, and The Arcadia Quartet plays Bartok's complex but tightly structured String Quartet No.3 Bartok: String Quartet No.3 Bach: Sonata in B minor, BWV.1030 Adam Walker (flute) / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) York Bowen: Viola Sonata No.2 in F, Op.22 Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano). Chamber music by Bach, Bartok and York Bowen from the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society. |
| 04 | 20170505 | This week's Lunchtime Concerts were recorded at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 80th year of the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society, curated by pianist Martin Roscoe. Today, flautist Adam Walker and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform Baroque music by Philidor and Quantz, viola player Lawrence Power and pianist Simon Crawford Phillips perform Henri Büsser's 'Appassionato', and The Arcadia Quartet plays Beethoven's 8th String Quartet, in E minor. Henri Büsser: Appassionato for viola and piano Lawrence Power (viola) / Simon Crawford Phillips (piano) Quantz: 2 Capriccios for solo flute Adam Walker (flute) Philidor: Suite No.5 in E minor (1712) Adam Walker (flute) / Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 Presented by Hannah French. Chamber music by B\u00fcsser, Beethoven and Quantz from the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society |