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Outstanding string quartets and music by Arvo Pärt

Elizabeth Alker presents great classical music for your afternoon's listening, including music by Arvo Pärt performed in St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn, and Stravinsky's Petrushka.

Elizabeth Alker presents a selection of unique recordings including outstanding quartet playing from Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Chaos Quartet.

Plus there's vocal music by Arvo Pärt recorded recently in at St. Olafs Church in Tallinn, Estonia, the composer's homeland, from the 'Arvo Pärt Days' at the Laulasmaa Festival.

Gioachino Rossini
Overture, The Silken Ladder
±«Óãtv National Orchestra of Wales
James Clark (conductor)

Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei (arr. from Adagio of Quartet for strings)
Choir of King’s College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F Op. 77 No. 2
Chaos String Quartet

Edvard Grieg
4 Pieces, Op. 1
Christian Hadland (piano)

Arvo Pärt
O Holy Father Nicholas
Vox Clamantis
Kristjan Kannukene, (viola)
Anto Onnis (percussion)
Johannes Sarapuu (cello)
Jaan-Eik Tulve (conductor)

Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Sergei Rachmaninov
Vocalise
±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Wed 3 Jul 2024 13:00
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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Year at King's: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet In F Major Op.77 No.2

    Performer: Chaos String Quartet.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Pieces, Op 1

    Performer: Christian Hadland.

  • Arvo Pärt

    O Holy Father Nicholas

    Performer: Kristjan Kannukene. Performer: Anto Õnnis. Performer: Johannes Sarapuu. Ensemble: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (1947)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • GB±«Óãtv.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K 466

    Performer: Joseph Moog.
    • ONYX.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Jul 2024 13:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3