Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | 20150113 | The first of four programmes featuring festivals from across the south-west of England. Including Bach from the Tetbury Music Festival in the Cotswolds, and works for wind ensemble from the Music at Tresanton Festival in St. Mawes, Cornwall Francaix: L'Heure du Berger, Sextet for winds and piano Ariel Zuckermann, flute Daniel Bates, oboe Chen Halevi, clarinet Alec Frank-Gemill, horn Rie Koyama, bassoon Noam Greenberg, piano Bach: Sonata in B minor, BWV1014 Rachel Podger, violin Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV 913 Poulenc: Sextet for Winds and Piano Noam Greenberg, piano. With music by Bach performed in Tetbury, plus Francaix and Poulenc from Music at Tresanton | |
01 | Carolyn Sampson, Joanna Macgregor | 20151229 | The first of four programmes featuring festivals from across the South-West of England. Today's recital was given at this year's Dartington International Summer School and Festival, and takes us on a journey through the history of song. Dowland: Lachrimae Monteverdi: S쀀 Dolce 耀'l Tormento Haydn: She Never Told Her Love Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade Liszt: Die Lorelei Bizet: Adieux de l'H䀀tesse Arabe Faur退: Les Matelots Debussy: Recit et Air de Lia (L'enfant prodigue) Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied Finzi: As I lay in the Early Sun Copland: Going to Heaven! Coward: Nina, from Argentina Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joanna MacGregor, piano. A recital given by Carolyn Sampson (soprano) and Joanna MacGregor (piano). |
01 | South West Festivals 1-4 | 20180109 | Nicola Heywood Thomas presents music from The Two Moors Festival and Dartington International Summer School and Festival. From All Saint's Church in Dulverton, at the Two Moors Festival, pianist Barry Douglas performs a selection from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, and Beethoven's 'Waldstein' Sonata. Recorded at the Great Hall in Dartington, we hear soprano Carolyn Sampson perform Schubert lieder, accompanied by Joseph Middleton. Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op 37b - May (Bright Nights); June (Barcarolle); August (Harvest) Barry Douglas, piano Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Gretchens Bitte, D564 Der Konig in Thule, D367 Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Beethoven: Sonata No 21 in C major, Op 53 (Waldstein) Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales. Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces music from festivals in Devon and Somerset. |
02 | 20150114 | Rachel Podger performs Bach in Tetbury, plus more works for wind ensemble from the Music at Tresanton Festival in St. Mawes, Cornwall Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet Ariel Zuckermann, flute Daniel Bates, oboe Chen Halevi, clarinet Alec Frank-Gemill, horn Rie Koyama, bassoon Noam Greenberg, piano Lindberg: Acequia Madre for Clarinet and Piano Bach: Sonata for violin and harpsichord in G major, BWV 1019 Rachel Podger, violin Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Noam Greenberg, piano. With Bach performed in Tetbury, plus Ligeti, Lindberg and Poulenc from Music at Tresanton. | |
02 | International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove | 20151230 | We catch up with the Autumn tour of the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, and hear them perform Mozart and Brahms at St. Georges, Bristol. Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat major, K502 Brahms: String Quintet in F major, Op 88 Erich H怀barth, violin Jonian Ilias Kadesha, violin Maia Cabeza, violin Thomas Riebl, viola Timothy Ridout, viola Vashti Hunter, cello Susan Tomes, piano. IMS Prussia Cove performs Mozart and Brahms at St George's Bristol. |
02 | South West Festivals 2-4 | 20180110 | Nicola Heywood Thomas presents music from The Two Moors Festival and Dartington International Summer School and Festival. From All Saint's Church in Dulverton, at the Two Moors Festival, pianist Barry Douglas performs Britten's Notturno and Schubert's stormy Sonata in C minor. Soprano, Carolyn Sampson performs Schubert songs inspired by Goethe's heroine, Mignon, accompanied by Joseph Middleton at the Great Hall in Dartington, Schubert: Heiss mich nicht reden, D877 No 2 Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D877 No 4 So lasst mich scheinen, D877 No 3 Kennst du das Land, D321 Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Britten: Notturno Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D958 Barry Douglas, piano Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales. Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces music from festivals in Devon and Somerset. |
03 | 20150115 | Two Russian works by Prokofiev and Arensky from the Music at Tresanton Festival in Cornwall and the Plush Festival in Dorset. Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano No.2 Ariel Zuckermann, flute Noam Greenberg, piano Arensky: Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 35 Members of Ensemble 360 (Benjamin Nabarro, violin; Yuri Zhislin, viola; Adrian Brendel, cello; Gemma Rosefield, cello). Music by Prokofiev from Music at Tresanton, plus Poulenc from the Plush Festival in Dorset | |
03 | 20151231 | Performers from the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove bring Dvorကk to Bristol. Wolfgang Holzmair sings songs by Clara Schumann at All Saints Church in Dulverton, one of the towns playing host to the 2015 Two Moors Festival. Dvorကk: Piano Quintet in A major op 81 Erich H怀barth and Jonian Ilias Kadesha, violin Thomas Riebl, viola Chiara Enderle, cello Susan Tomes, piano Clara Schumann: Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag Clara Schumann: Sie liebten sich beide Clara Schumann: Der Mond kommt still gegangen Clara Schumann: Volkslied Clara Schumann: O Lust, o Lust Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone Imogen Cooper, piano. Music from the Two Moors Festival and the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove. | |
03 | South West Festivals 3-4 | 20180111 | This week's lunchtime concerts come from two music festivals based in South West England: the Dartington Festival and the Two Moors Festival. From All Saint's Church in Dulverton, at the Two Moors Festival, the Endellion String Quartet explore two contrasting classical works: Beethoven at his most gentle and lyrical, and Haydn full of good-natured fun. Between them, we hear more numbers from Carolyn Sampson's Schubert recital at Dartington's Great Hall. Haydn: Quartet in G major, Op 54 No 1 Schubert: Romanze Der Vollmond strahlt, D797 No.3 Blondel zu Marien D626 Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Beethoven: Quartet in D major, Op 18 No 3 Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales. Nicola Heywood Thomas introduces music by Schubert from festivals in Devon and Somerset. |
04 | 20150116 | A final visit to the Plush Festival in Dorset, featuring members of Ensemble 360, and highlights from their programme titled 'Love and War Prokofiev: 7th Piano Sonata in Bb, Op 83 Tim Horton (piano) Taneyev: Canzone for clarinet & piano Tim Horton, piano Richard Hosford, clarinet Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Trio in E minor, Op 67 Benjamin Nabarro, violin Gemma Rosefield, cello Tim Horton, piano. Members of Ensemble 360 perform music by Prokofiev, Taneyev and Shostakovich. | |
04 | 20160101 | A final visit to All Saints Church in Dulverton, during the Two Moors Festival 2015. Wolfgang Holzmair and Imogen Cooper perform songs by Robert Schumann, composed in the wake of his recent marriage to Clara, with Frank Martin's operatic settings of monologues from Hofmannstahl's morality play, 'Everyman Frank Martin: Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann Schumann: Liederreihe op 35 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone Imogen Cooper, piano. Wolfgang Holzmair and Imogen Cooper perform at the Two Moors Festival 2015. | |
04 | South West Festivals 4-4 | 20180112 | Nicola Heywood Thomas presents music from The Two Moors Festival and Dartington International Summer School and Festival. From All Saint's Church in Dulverton, at the Two Moors Festival, the Endellion String Quartet are joined by pianist Barry Douglas, to perform Brahms's Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25, A work that brought Brahms one of his earliest public successes, and which wrests music of symphonic ambitions from it's four performers. We also Schubert's ambitious and dramatic ballad 'Viola' recorded at the Great Hall in Dartington, sung by soprano Carolyn Sampson with pianist Joseph Middleton. Schubert: Viola, D786 Carolyn Sampson, soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Brahms: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25 Barry Douglas, piano Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales. The Endellion String Quartet perform Brahms's Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor. |