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Ravel鈥檚 Daphnis and Chlo茅

An afternoon of compelling performances including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performing ballet music by Ravel and recent bespoke recordings from the Chaos Quartet.

An afternoon of compelling performances including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performing ballet music by Ravel and recent bespoke recordings from R3 New Generation Artists the Chaos Quartet.

Throughout the week we鈥檙e hearing from concerts given by British orchestras on tour in Europe. Today, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play Ravel鈥檚 enchanting music from the ballet Daphnis and Chlo茅, recorded earlier this year at the Saar International Music Festival in South West Germany. There鈥檚 also Sibelius from the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 tour to Poland.

Following on from Simon Trp膷eski鈥檚 live Wigmore Hall recital yesterday, we hear two more great pianists playing piano transcriptions of orchestral works, with Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin performing Liszt鈥檚 arrangements of moments from Wagner operas and Alexandre Tharaud with his own arrangement of The Sorcerer鈥檚 Apprentice by Dukas.

Plus we shine our Artist Spotlight on the Chaos String Quartet from Vienna: violinists Susanne Sch盲ffer and Eszter Kruchi贸, viola player Sara Marzadori and cellist Bas Jongen. Today we hear them collaborate with two fellow NGAs in music by Schubert: an arrangement of the song Du bist die Ruh鈥� with a spontaneous improvisation from pianist Fergus McCreadie, and the sublime String Quintet with cellist Santiago Ca帽贸n Valencia.

1pm
Paul Dukas arr. Tharaud
The Sorcerer鈥檚 Apprentice
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Jean Sibelius
Death of Melisande (Pelleas and Melisande)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

Franz Schubert
Du bist die Ruh鈥� (with piano improvisation)
Chaos String Quartet
Fergus McCreadie (piano)

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis and Chlo茅 (Suites 1 and 2)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Richard Wagner arr. Franz Liszt
Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral (Parsifal), S. 450 and Spinnerlied (The Flying Dutchman), S. 440
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major, D956
Chaos String Quartet
Santiago Ca帽贸n Valencia (cello)

Marguerite Monnot / Edith Piaf arr. Tharaud
Hymne 脿 l鈥檃mour
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

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Tue 23 Sep 2025 13:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice, symphonic scherzo

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Music Arranger: Alexandre Tharaud.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Death of Melisande (Pelleas and Melisande)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Olari Elts.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 93 in D major, Hob. I:93

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh D.776 and Improvisation

    Composer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Music Arranger: Chaos String Quartet. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Regina Caeli (3 Latin Motets, No 3)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅, Suite No. 1

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅, Suite No. 2

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.

  • Richard Wagner

    Solemn March to the Holy Grail (Parsifal), S. 450

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.

  • Richard Wagner

    Spinnerlied (Der fliegende Holl盲nder, S. 441)

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe Concerto in F Minor, TWV 51:f1: I. Allegro (transcr. for piccolo trumpet)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major D.956

    Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major, RV 537

    Performer: Hannes Rux. Performer: Jaroslav Rou膷ek. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Cecilia Bernardini.

  • Marguerite Monnot

    Hymne 脿 l'amour

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Sep 2025 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3