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The Van Kuijk Quartet live at Wigmore Hall and Fauré’s Requiem from Paris

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a live concert from the Van Kuijk Quartet at Wigmore Hall in London.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by Â鶹ԼÅÄ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

The week begins with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall given by former Â鶹ԼÅÄ New Generation Artists the Van Kuijk Quartet, whose accolades include First, Best Beethoven and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition. The programme features a selection of French mélodies in transcriptions and arrangements for string quartet. Plus we travel to the south west corner of Ireland for the first of our visits this week to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, recorded in July this year. And to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Gabriel Fauré, the Radio France Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra perform his famous Requiem.

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Live from Wigmore Hall, London, presented by Fiona Talkington

Francis Poulenc arr. Jean-Christophe Masson
2 poèmes de Louis Aragon
Les Chemins de l’amour
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Gabriel Fauré arr. Gildas Guillon
Mandoline; Après un rêve
Eric Satie arr. Gildas Guillon
Je te veux
Claude Debussy arr. Emmanuel Francois
Petite suite (Cortège, Menuet, Ballet)
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces Messieurs

Van Kuijk Quartet:
Nicolas Van Kuijk - violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle - violin
Emmanuel François - viola
Anthony Kondo - cello

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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Overture to The Wasps - Aristophanic suite
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 11 in D minor for two violins, cello and strings, RV 565
Camerata Øresund (Baroque ensemble)

Johannes Brahms
3 Intermezzi, Op. 117
Tim Horton (piano)

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Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Op. 48
Radio France Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op. 76 No. 5
Sonoro Quartet

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Nov 2024 13:00