91Èȱ¬

Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of live music and specially made recordings including highlights from a recent tour to South Korea by members of the 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Also in today’s programme Elizabeth marks the 30th anniversary of the much-loved Belcea Quartet with a special concert given in Belgium last month plus today’s Centrepiece, the Belcea Quartet joined by two of the world’s most outstanding musicians, viola-players Tabea Zimmermann and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras for a performance of Brahms’ First String Sextet.

But the programme opens live in London as the all-star United Strings of Europe comes to Wigmore Hall to perform two of the greatest works in the Russian string orchestra repertoire. Under the inspired leadership of the Anglo -Lebanese violinist they play Rudolf Barshai’s transcription of Shostakovich’s Eighth Quartet. Written in Dresden and premiered in 1960, it is dedicated "to the victims of fascism and war." And before that comes Tchaikovsky’s tuneful Serenade, a work suffused with both the spirit of his beloved Mozart and with Tchaikovsky’s own brand of elegiac melancholy.

Live from Wigmore Hall, introduced by Andrew MacGregor:

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Serenade for strings in C, Op. 48
Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a
United Strings of Europe
Julian Azkoul (violin, director)

(The 91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Seoul)
Hector Berlioz
Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival)
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Matthew Higham (flute)

Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata
Jaemin Han (cello)
Ryan Wigglesworth (piano)

(Belcea Quartet 30th Anniversary Concert (Brussels))
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No.20 in D, K. 499 ('Hoffmeister')
Belcea Quartet

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Johannes Brahms
String Sextet No 1 in Bb major, Op. 18
Belcea Quartet
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

Errollyn Wallen
Mighty River
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

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