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Verbier Festival (2/4) - Brahms and Bach

Verbier Festival: Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms's seldom-heard Piano Sonata no. 1 and the Ebène Quartet take a journey through some of Bach's most poplar works.

Sarah Walker introduces performances from the Ebène Quarte and the pianist Alexandre Kantorow from last summer's Verbier Festival.
A meeting point for the world's top musicians as well as the rising stars, this Swiss Alpine festival attracts music lovers from across the globe. Today's programme combines an early work by Brahms played by one of the stars of the younger generation with a suite of movements from some of Bach's most popular works, in a performance from one of today's leading string quartets. And the teenage pianist, Alexandra Dovgan plays the air from Bach's Partita in E minor.

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, op. 1
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Richard Dubugnon (1968): Säkulare Suite, after works by J.S. Bach
Choral "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (BWV 436)
Sinfonia "Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" (BWV 18)
Recitativo (BWV 18)
Aria "Schafe können sicher weiden" (BWV 208)
"An WasserflΓΌssen Babylon" (BWV 653)
Choral "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht" (BWV 898)
Praeludium "B.A.C.H." (BWV 898)
Fuga "B.A.C.H." (BWV 898)
Choral "Die Nacht ist kommen" (BWV 296)
Ebène Quartet

Bach: Air from Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
Alexandra Dovgan (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
  • Richard Dubugnon

    Sakulare Suite, after works by J.S. Bach

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: Air

    Performer: Alexandra Dovgan.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jan 2024 13:00