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Schumann chamber music from Wigmore Hall

Pianist Jonathan Biss joins forces with the Elias Quartet for an all-Schumann programme featuring the composer's Violin Sonata No 1, String Quartet No 2 and Piano Quintet.

Internationally acclaimed artists join forces for this all-Schumann programme recorded last week at Wigmore Hall. 'If I ever stop finding music challenging and life-altering, I’ll quit and become an accountant,' says American pianist Jonathan Biss. Happily for music lovers, Jonathan Biss has stuck with the piano and has continues to garner an impressive list of awards for his performances and recordings. He's joined by the equally celebrated Elias Quartet, one of the UK's leading ensembles; they're regular collaborators and this promises to be an evening of memorable music-making.

Presented by Natasha Riordan.

Robert Schumann:
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
String Quartet in F Op. 41, No. 2

8.20pm
Interval Music (from CD)
JS Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV. 225
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Ensemble Allegria
Grete Pedersen (conductor)

8.35pm
Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44

Jonathan Biss (piano)
Elias string Quartet
Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant (violins)
Simone van der Giessen (viola)
Marie Bitlloch (cello)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 1 Oct 2018 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Dance Suite

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.

  • Gustav Holst

    Betelgeuse - No.12 from Twelve Humbert Wolfe Settings, Op.48

    Performer: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Philip Langridge.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jean‐FΓ©ry Rebel

    Chaos from Les Elements

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: RaphaΓ«l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Crumb

    Makrokosmos II: Corona Borealis - Aquarius

    Performer: Emmy Henz-Diemand.
    • MGB.

  • John Williams

    Imperial March from Star Wars

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Frank Zappa

    Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin

    Ensemble: The Mothers of Invention.
    • ZAPPA RECORDS.

  • Kaija Saariaho

    Uberzeugung

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Oslo Sinfonietta. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Oct 2018 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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