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13/04/2011 Ensemble Serse, Elias Quartet

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Includes Ensemble Serse, who play ahead of a concert at Hanover Square, and the Elias String Quartet, who are beginning a Beethoven string quartet cycle.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

Guests today include Ensemble Serse: Olivier Webber (Leader/Director), Julia Black (Violin), Erik Dippenaar (Harpsichord) Joseph Crouch (Cello), Calvin Wells (Male Soprano), Catrine Kirkman (Soprano) and Catharine Rogers (soprano). They perform live in the studio ahead of their concert on April 15th at Hanover square.

Sean is also joined by the Elias Quartet - Sara Bitlloch (violin), Donald Grant (violin), Martin Saving (viola) and Marie Bitlloch (cello). They are embarking on a three year project performing the complete cycle of Beethoven string quartets plus have launched their new interactive website supported by Borletti-Buitoni Trust ( thebeethovenproject.com ).

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Last on

Wed 13 Apr 2011 17:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Rejoice greatly (original version)

    Performer: Sylvia McNair (soprano) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • Philips 4700442.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Les Sylphides – Finale: Grande Valse brillante

    Arranger: Douglas Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Robert Irving (conductor)

    • EMI 9498342.
  • LIVE

    • Johann Adolf Hasse

      Siroe: Torrente cresciuto

      Performer: Calvin Wells (male soprano) Performer: Oliver Webber (violin) Performer: Julia Black (violin) Performer: Joseph Crouch (cello) Performer: Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)

    • Johann Adolf Hasse

      Artaserse: Conservati fedele

      Performer: Catherine Rogers (soprano) Performer: Oliver Webber (violin) Performer: Julia Black (violin) Performer: Joseph Crouch (cello) Performer: Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)

    • Leonardo Vinci

      Il Medo: Se dal feroce periglio

      Performer: Catrine Kirkman (soprano) Performer: Oliver Webber (violin) Performer: Julia Black (violin) Performer: Joseph Crouch (cello) Performer: Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet for piano and winds in E flat Op.16: Finale

    Performer: Walter Panhofer (piano) Performer: Manfred Kautzky (oboe) Performer: Alfred Boskovsky (clarinet) Performer: Josef Veleba (horn) Performer: Rudolf Hanzl (bassoon)

    • Decca 4802378.
  • Will Gregory

    If man had wings (from Journeys into the Sky)

    Performer: Graham Fitkin, (Moog synthesizer) Performer: Will Gregory, (Moog synthesizer) Performer: Simon Haram, (Moog synthesizer) Performer: Vyvyan Scott-Hope (Moog synthesizer) Performer: Adrian Utley (Moog synthesizer) Performer: Ruth Wall (Moog synthesizer) Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra Performer: Charles Hazlewood (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 recording.
  • Johannes Brahms

    A German Requiem 4th movement, Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

    Performer: Natalie Dessay (soprano) Performer: Ludovic Tezier (baritone) Performer: Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Performer: Swedish Radio Choir

    • Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto

    Performer: Cristina Gallardo-Domas (Suor Angelica) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    • EMI 5565872.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Troyens: Act 1 finale – Marche troyenne

    Performer: Berit Lindolm (Cassandra) Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • Philips 4164322.
  • LIVE

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet in F minor Op.95: 1st mvt – Allegro con brio

      Performer: Elias Quartet

    • György Kurtág

      Officium Breve: mvts 11-13

      Performer: Elias Quartet

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet in E flat Op.127: 1st mvt – Maestoso; Allegro

      Performer: Elias Quartet

  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - España

    Performer: Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire Performer: Pierre Dervaux (conductor)

  • Roger Quilter

    Now sleeps the crimson petal

    Performer: Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

    • EMI classics 7243 5 67428 2 6.

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  • Wed 13 Apr 2011 17:00

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