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Nicolas Altstaedt, live at Wigmore Hall, and Stravinsky in Paris

Monday Live from Wigmore Hall, with cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and pianist DΓ©nes VΓ‘rjon performing Schumann and Brahms. Plus music from Paris and Belfast.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ orchestras and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and pianist DΓ©nes Varjon give the Monday lunchtime concert from Wigmore Hall in London, performing music by Robert Schumann, Jorg Widmann and Johannes Brahms.

There's specially recorded music from Radio France's Philharmonic Orchestra, who perform including Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, first performed in Paris in 1913.

Plus performances from this year's Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music by former ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 New Generation Artists Ailish Tynan and the Pavel Haas Quartet.

Live from Wigmore Hall, with Andrew McGregor:

Robert Schumann
FantasiestΓΌcke Op. 73
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
DΓ©nes Varjon (piano)

Jorg Widmann
5 AlbumblΓ€tter arranged for cello and piano
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
DΓ©nes Varjon (piano)

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
DΓ©nes Varjon (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)

Claude Debussy
L’isle joyeux
Louis Schwizgebel (piano)

Josef Suk
Meditation on an old Czech chorale β€˜St Wenceslas’, Op. 35
Pavel Haas Quartet

Marc-Anotoine Charpentier
Salve Regina
Ensemble Correspondances
Sebastien DaucΓ© (conductor)

Clara Schumann
3 Romances Op. 22 for violin and piano
Tai Murray (violin)
Gilles Vonsattel (piano)

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

Reynaldo Hahn
Venezia β€˜Chansons en dialecte Venetien’
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
James Baillieu (piano)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiestucke for cello and piano, Op 73

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: DΓ©nes VΓ‘rjon.
  • JΓΆrg Widmann

    5 Albumblatter for cello and piano

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: DΓ©nes VΓ‘rjon.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor, Op 38

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: DΓ©nes VΓ‘rjon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgΓ₯rds.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel.
  • Josef Suk

    Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn 'St Wenceslas' Op 35a

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Londonderry Air

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Harty: The Children of Lir etc. - Holmes/Harper/Ulster Orchestra/Thomson.
    • Chandos.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.18 in E major 'Le Midi'

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The bright day is done.
    • Claves Records.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 In F Major Op.90, iii. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker : BPHR 160041.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 1.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Salve Regina H.24

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sebastian Dauce.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances for violin and piano, Op 22

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Gilles Vonsattel.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No 2 in F major, HWV 427 (4th mvt)

    • The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia (Chansons en dialecte venitien)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Edward Elgar

    Rosemary [That's for remembrance]

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The Longed-for Light, Elgar's Music in Wartime.
    • Somm.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Apr 2024 13:00