War's Embers [Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert]

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20181113

Fiona Talkington presents the first of 4 concerts from LSO St Luke's in London given by the Nash Ensemble and Ashley Wass to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, members of the Nash Ensemble perform Ireland's heartbreakingly beautiful Piano Trio No.2 written in 1917 and Elgar's Piano Quintet. in A minor, written in his Sussex retreat at the end of the First World War.

Fiona Talkignton (presenter)

Stephanie Gonley (violin)

Adrian Brendel (cello)

Ian Brown (piano)

Piano Quintet in A minor

Michael Gurevich (violin)

David Adams (viola)

The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the 1918 Armistice with music by Ireland and Elgar.

20181114

Fiona Talkington presents the second of 4 concerts from LSO St Luke's in London given by the Nash Ensemble and tenor James Gilchrist to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, members of the Nash Ensemble perform a selection of chamber music composed during the war years and the immediate aftermath by Delius, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Gurney.

Fiona Talkington (presenter)

DELIUS, arr. FENBY

Air and Dance for flute and piano

Philippa Davies (flute)

Ian Brown (piano)

Sospiri

Stephanie Gonley (violin)

Romance: Andantino for viola & piano

Lawrence Power (viola)

Conversations

David Thomas (oboe/cor anglais)

Adrian Brendel (cello)

Ludlow and Teme

James Gilchrist (tenor)

Michael Gurevich (violin)

The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the Armistice with music from Delius to Gurney.

20181115

Fiona Talkington presents the third of 4 concerts from a series of concerts called War's Embers recorded with the Nash Ensemble and Ashley Wass at LSO St Luke's in London to mark 100 years since the Armistice of November 1918 was declared. Today, Ashley Wass performs solo piano works written by Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge and Edward Elgar in response to the horrors of the First World War. The recital ends with Bridge's Piano Sonata, written between 1921 and 1924, which was his first important post-war work in which his complex later style emerges.

Fiona Talkington (presenter)

Miniature Pastorals Set 1 No. 3

Dream in Exile

Echo's Dance 'The Sanguine Fan

Ashley Wass (piano)

Pianist Ashley Wass marks 100 years since the Armistice with music from Bridge to Elgar.

20181116

Fiona Talkington presents the final concert in this series, War's Embers, recorded at LSO St Luke's in London in which the Nash Ensemble and soprano Lucy Crowe commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, we hear chamber music by four lesser-heard composers writing in the aftermath of the First World War.

Fiona Talkignton (presenter)

BAX

Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp

GEORGE BUTTERWORTH

Love Blows as the Wind Blows

PATRICK HADLEY

Scene from 'The Woodlanders

REBECCA CLARKE

Piano Trio

Lucy Crowe (soprano)

The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the Armistice with music by Bax and Butterworth.

Episodes

First Broadcast	Comments
20181113	Fiona Talkington presents the first of 4 concerts from LSO St Luke's in London given by the Nash Ensemble and Ashley Wass to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, members of the Nash Ensemble perform Ireland's heartbreakingly beautiful Piano Trio No.2 written in 1917 and Elgar's Piano Quintet. in A minor, written in his Sussex retreat at the end of the First World War. Fiona Talkignton (presenter) Stephanie Gonley (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Ian Brown (piano) Piano Quintet in A minor Michael Gurevich (violin) David Adams (viola) The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the 1918 Armistice with music by Ireland and Elgar.
20181114	Fiona Talkington presents the second of 4 concerts from LSO St Luke's in London given by the Nash Ensemble and tenor James Gilchrist to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, members of the Nash Ensemble perform a selection of chamber music composed during the war years and the immediate aftermath by Delius, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Gurney. Fiona Talkington (presenter) DELIUS, arr. FENBY Air and Dance for flute and piano Philippa Davies (flute) Ian Brown (piano) Sospiri Stephanie Gonley (violin) Romance: Andantino for viola & piano Lawrence Power (viola) Conversations David Thomas (oboe/cor anglais) Adrian Brendel (cello) Ludlow and Teme James Gilchrist (tenor) Michael Gurevich (violin) The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the Armistice with music from Delius to Gurney.
20181115	Fiona Talkington presents the third of 4 concerts from a series of concerts called War's Embers recorded with the Nash Ensemble and Ashley Wass at LSO St Luke's in London to mark 100 years since the Armistice of November 1918 was declared. Today, Ashley Wass performs solo piano works written by Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge and Edward Elgar in response to the horrors of the First World War. The recital ends with Bridge's Piano Sonata, written between 1921 and 1924, which was his first important post-war work in which his complex later style emerges. Fiona Talkington (presenter) Miniature Pastorals Set 1 No. 3 Dream in Exile Echo's Dance 'The Sanguine Fan Ashley Wass (piano) Pianist Ashley Wass marks 100 years since the Armistice with music from Bridge to Elgar.
20181116	Fiona Talkington presents the final concert in this series, War's Embers, recorded at LSO St Luke's in London in which the Nash Ensemble and soprano Lucy Crowe commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. Today, we hear chamber music by four lesser-heard composers writing in the aftermath of the First World War. Fiona Talkignton (presenter) BAX Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp GEORGE BUTTERWORTH Love Blows as the Wind Blows PATRICK HADLEY Scene from 'The Woodlanders REBECCA CLARKE Piano Trio Lucy Crowe (soprano) The Nash Ensemble mark 100 years since the Armistice with music by Bax and Butterworth.