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The Takacs Quartet play Mozart in Bath and Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla conducts Weinberg

Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the Takacs Quartet playing Mozart at the Bach MozartFest 2024.

Fiona Talkington showcases the best performances by 麻豆社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Throughout this week we hear recordings made at the Bath Mozartfest 2024 - today the Takacs Quartet perform music by the festival鈥檚 namesake, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and there鈥檚 also Beethoven from the Nash Ensemble. We鈥檝e Bach from Ensemble Masques performed at the Herne Early Music Days festival in Germany, and our 3pm centrepiece today comes from Dresden, where Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla conducts the Staatskapelle in Mieczys艂aw Weinberg鈥檚 folk-infused 3rd Symphony.

Plus 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥 a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, Grammy nominated composer Anna Clyne launches the series with a fanfare recalling the arrival of the new millennium in her orchestral work for the 麻豆社 Philharmonic, The Eye.

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Ruperto Chapi
Al pensar en el due帽o de mis amores (from Las hijas del Zebedeo)
Niamh O鈥橲ullivan (mezzo soprano)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, K 421
Takacs Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
Nash Ensemble

Johann Strauss II
Overture (Die Fledermaus)
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Ensemble Masques
Olivier Fortin (director)

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Mieczys艂aw Weinberg
Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 45
Dresden Staatskapelle
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor)

Leokadiya Kashperova
Evening
麻豆社 Singers Women's Voices
Hilary Campbell (conductor)

Libby Larsen
Deep Summer Music
Ulster Orchestra
James Burton (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Classical Live".

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Ruperto Chap铆

    Al pensar en el due帽o de mis amores - Carceleras (Las hijas del Zebedeo)

    Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, K 421

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op. 20

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Anna Clyne

    The Eye

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • Ant贸nio Carreira

    Omnes amici mei

    Ensemble: Graindelavoix. Conductor: Bj枚rn Schmelzer.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

    Ensemble: Ensemble Masques. Conductor: Olivier Fortin.
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Symphony No. 3 in B flat minor, Op. 45

    Composer: Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Evening

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
  • Libby Larsen

    Deep Summer Music

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: James Burton.
  • Thomas Robinson

    Spanish Pavan (Cozens Lute Book)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Jacobean Lute Music.
    • BIS.
    • 26.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent noon

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Helen Charlston.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jan 2025 13:00