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主播大秀 NOW - Janacek, Mozart, Shostakovich

Live from Cardiff, 主播大秀 NOW under Lesley Hatfield. Janacek arr Tognetti: String Quartet No 1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9. Shostakovich arr Barshai: Symphony for Strings and Wind.

A concert of supersized string quartets, with the 主播大秀 National Orchestra of Wales directed by leader Lesley Hatfield. Janacek's Quartet No.1, arranged by Richard Tognetti, is inspired by Tolstoy's 1889 novella 'The Kreutzer Sonata'. It is a depiction of suspicion, jealousy and psychological turmoil and recalls Beethoven's earlier work for violin and piano. Shostakovich's Symphony for strings and winds is arranged from the composer's 3rd String Quartet, written during his neo-classical period and later reworked by his pupil Rudolf Barshai. In between, the orchestra welcomes back 主播大秀 Radio 3 New Generation Artist Louis Schwizgebel to perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No.9.

Live from 主播大秀 Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Janacek, arr. Richard Tognetti: Quartet No. 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata) for strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K271

8.25 Interval music

Shostakovich, arr. Rudolf Barshai: Symphony for strings and wind

Louis Schwizgebel (piano)
主播大秀 National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (director).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • arr Tognetti Janacek

    Quartet Number 1 for Strings

  • arr Tognetti Janacek

    Qartet #1 for Strings

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #9, K271

  • arr Barshai Schostakovich

    Symphony for Strings & Wind

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni, K527; Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Jun 2015 19:30

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