Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nicola Benedetti And Friends | 20140811 | The first of fifteen broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival. The series, this week touches on the Festival's theme of music through adversity and includes appearances by Ian Bostridge singing the heartfelt responses to conflict by both Kurt Weill and Benjamin Britten. Cellist Alban Gerhardt and Scotland's Steven Osborne join forces for more Britten on Wednesday, while on Thursday the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet bring Schubert's masterpiece 'Death and the Maiden' alongside Bartok and Mozart. On Friday, the Edinburgh-based Hebrides Ensemble offer a new take and particularly Scottish version of The Soldier's Tale with the help of narrator Graham F Valentine. Today Nicola Benedetti and friends perform two masterworks of chamber music; Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet and Shostakovich Piano Quintet live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Op. 25 Interval at 11.50am approx. The Sixteen perform music composed by the Italian maestri at the Polish Court of the 16th and early 17th centuries; Pacelli: Veni Sponsa Christi Anerio: Salve Regina Pacelli: Dum esset rex Bertolusi: Regina Caeli Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Nicola Benedetti, violin Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin Benjamin Gilmore, viola Leonard Elschenbroich, cello Alexei Grynyuk, piano. Nicola Benedetti and friends perform Brahms and Shostakovich live in Edinburgh. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 02 | Ian Bostridge And Julius Drake | 20140812 | Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake perform a programme of poignant songs of love and loss by Mahler with the moving pacifist response to conflict by Weill and Britten. Mahler: Frühlingsmorgen Mahler: Erinnerung Mahler: Das irdische Leben Mahler: Wo die sch怀nen Trompeten blasen Mahler: Revelge Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Interval at 11.55am approx. Jordi Savall and his Hesperion XXI perform instrumental and vocal pieces from Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Weill: Beat! Beat! Drums! Weill: Oh Captain! My Captain! Weill: Come up from the Fields, Father Weill: Dirge for Two Veterans Britten: Nightmare Opus84 Britten: Slaughter Opus84 Britten: Who are these children?, Op 84 Ian Bostridge, tenor Julius Drake, piano. Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake perform songs by Mahler, Weill and Britten. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 03 | Alban Gerhardt And Steven Osborne | 20140813 | German cellist Alban Gerhardt and Scottish pianist Steven Osborne come together for a mixed programme of both solo and duo works by Britten, Tippett and Beethoven live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Britten: Suite No 1 for Cello Tippett: Piano Sonata No 4 Interval at 12.00noon approx. Tippett: 5 Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 4 Britten: Cello Sonata Alban Gerhardt, cello Steven Osborne, piano. Cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Steven Osborne perform Britten, Tippett and Beethoven. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 04 | Artemis Quartet | 20140814 | The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet perform Schubert's gloriously lyrical 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet, Mozart's vivacious G major quartet inspired by Haydn's creativity and the pithy third quartet by Bartok. Mozart: String Quartet in G K387 Bartok: String Quartet No 3 Interval at 12.00noon approx I, Culture Orchestra Lyatoshynsky: Symphonic Ballade Schubert: String Quartet in D minor 'Death and the Maiden The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet performs music by Mozart, Bartok and Schubert. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 05 | Hebrides Ensemble | 20140815 | The Hebrides Ensemble join forces with actor Graham F. Valentine to perform Stravinsky's witty masterpiece The Soldier's Tale alongside Schoenberg's deeply romantic Verklarte Nacht. Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (arr. Steuermann) Interval at 11.35am approx. Ute Lemper sings songs from Kurt Weill's Der Sibersee, Threepenny Opera and The Rise and Fall of Mahagonny Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale Graham F. Valentine, Narrator. The Hebrides Ensemble perform Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale and Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 06 | Anna Prohaska And Eric Schneider | 20140818 | Live from the Edinburgh International Festival, German born soprano Anna Prohaska is joined by noted pianist Eric Schneider in a recital of Ives, Mahler, Weill and Eisler tracing the visions and reality of war. Traditional: Dunkle Wolken Beethoven: Die Trommel gerühret Eisler: Kriegslied eines Kindes Wolf: Der Tambour Wolf: Der Soldat II Rachmaninov: The Soldier's Wife Traill: My Luve's in Germanie Ives: In Flanders Fields Ives: 1, 2, 3 Ives: Tom Sails Away Quilter: Fear no more the heat o' the sun Eisler: Panzerschlacht Eisler: Die letzte Elegie Eisler: Die Heimkehr Cavendish: Wandering in this place Schubert: Kriegers Ahnung D957 Schubert: Ellens erster Gesang D837 Rihm: Der Untergang 11.50 (during the interval) Zemlinsky: Six Maeterlinck Songs 12:10 Liszt: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher Schumann: Die beiden Grenadiere Opus 49 Poulenc: Le retour du sergent Schumann: Der Soldat Mahler: Wo die sch怀nen Trompeten blasen Weill: Beat! Beat! Drums! Weill: Dirge for Two Veterans Anna Prohaska, soprano Eric Schneider, piano. Soprano Anna Prohaska and pianist Eric Schneider perform songs of conflict. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 07 | Michael Houstoun | 20140819 | Live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh Pianist Michael Houstoun performs music by fellow New Zealander Douglas Lilburn, lyrical masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov, as well as Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin, written in memory of friends who died during the First World War. Vaughan Williams: Suite for solo piano Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin 11.40 (during the interval) Renaissance choral music by Josquin Desprez, Jean Mouton and Orlande de Lassus 12:00 Lilburn: Chaconne Rachmaninov: Sonata no.2 (original version) Michael Houstoun, piano. Michael Houstoun (piano) plays music by Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Lilburn and Rachmaninov. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 08 | Simon Keenlyside And Malcolm Martineau | 20140820 | Images of pastoral England and Germany real and imagined are evoked in this live Edinburgh Queen's Hall recital by renowned British baritone Simon Keenlyside and celebrated pianist Malcolm Martineau. Ireland: Sea Fever Somervell: Into my heart an air that kills Vaughan Williams: Youth and Love Eisler: Spruch 1939 Somervell: There pass the careless people Butterworth: When I was One and Twenty Gurney: In Flanders Butterworth: Think no more, Lad Butterworth: The Lads in their hundreds Butterworth: On the Idle Hill of Summer Ireland: Vagabond Trad: The three ravens Eisler: Despite these miseries Eisler: The only thing that consoles us Finzi: Fear no more the heat o' the sun Vaughan Williams: The Vagabond 11:40 (during the interval) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 12:00 Schumann: Ballade des Harfners Wolf: Fussreise Wolf: Denk es, o Seele Wolf: Blumengruss Wolf: Lied vom Winde Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind Wolf: Wie sollt ich heiter bleiben Wolf: Christblume II Wolf: Nimmersatte Lieve Wolf: Lied eines Verliebten Wolf: Storchenbotschaft Simon Keenlyside - baritone Malcolm Martineau - pianist. Simon Keenlyside (baritone) and Malcolm Martineau (piano) perform pastoral lieder. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 09 | Renaud Capucon And Friends | 20140821 | Live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, French violinist Renaud Capu瀀on is joined by Hanna Weinmeister (viola), Edgar Moreau (cello) and J退r䀀me Ducros (piano) to play early teenage works by Korngold, Mahler and Webern. Korngold: Violin Sonata Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement 11:50 (during the interval) Haydn: String Quartet in D major No 2, Op. 71 12:10 Webern: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano Korngold: Suite for Piano Left Hand, Two Violins and Cello Renaud Capu瀀on - violin Hanna Weinmeister - violin/viola Edgar Moreau - cello J退r䀀me Ducros - piano. French violinist Renaud Capucon and friends play works by Korngold, Mahler and Webern. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 11 | Anne Sofie Von Otter And Friends | 20140825 | Swedish soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, violinist Daniel hope, pianist Bengt Forsberg and Bebe Risenfors on accordion, double bass and guitar perform songs and instrumental music composed or performed in Terezin concentration camp north of Prague. Live from the Queen's Hall Weber: Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt Svenk: Vsechno jde! Weber: Und der Regen rinnt Kကlmကn: Terezin - Lied from Gr䀀fin Maritza Dauber: Serenade for Violin and Piano Ullmann: Beryozkele from Three Yiddish Songs Schulhoff: Sonata for Violin and PIano No.2 (mvts 1 and 2) Schulhoff: Sangen Geigen überm See from Drei Stimmungsbilder Schulhoff: Weisst du...from Drei Stimmungsbilder Interval at 11.45am approx Andras Schiff performs Beethoven Piano Sonata op 101 Haas: Suite for piano: Mvt 2 Con molta espressione Haas: Seven Songs in Folk Style (Nos.2, 3, 5, 6 & 7) Berman: From 1938 - 1945 Reminiscences 'Suite for Piano' (Nos. 2, 5, 6 & 7) Schulhoff: Sonata for solo violin (mvts 1 & 2) Bach: Sonata No 4 for Violin and Keyboard (Mvt 1 - Siciliano) BWV1017 Taube: Ein jüdisches Kind Weber: Wiegala Anne Sofie von Otter - soprano Daniel Hope - violin Bengt Forsberg - piano Bebe Risenfors - accordion, double bass and guitar. Anne Sofie von Otter and friends perform music from Terezin live at the Queen's Hall. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 12 | Scottish Ensemble And The Commonwealth Strings | 20140826 | The Scottish Ensemble bring together fourteen of the foremost string players in the country and here join forces with some exceptional young string players from across the Commonwealth to perform a rich mixture of music from England, Australia and New Zealand. Works include two dazzling masterpieces for double orchestra by Vaughan Williams and Tippett and a world premiere from New Zealander Gareth Farr featuring mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op.47 Peter Sculthorpe: Sonata for Strings No.3 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Interval at 11.50am approx Kiri Te Kanawa sings Mozart: Dove sono from The Marriage of Figaro Mozart: Laudate Dominum Canteloube: Bailero from Chants d'Auvergne Gareth Farr: Relict Furies for mezzo-soprano and double string orchestra Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra Commonwealth Strings Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano. Scottish Ensemble, Commonwealth Strings in Elgar, Sculthorpe, Vaughan Williams and Tippett Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 13 | Stephane Degout And Simon Lepper | 20140827 | French Baritone St退phane Degout and British pianist Simon Lepper perform Gallic song and miniature opera in a recital of gothic fantasy and French dreams, live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Schubert: Der Zwerg D771 Loewe: Edward 1 Schumann: Belsatzar Op 57 Lizst: Die drei Zigeuner Weill: Die Ballade vom ertrunkenen M䀀dchen Wolf: Der Feuerreiter Interval estimated 11:35 Debussy Images 11:55 Faure: Automne in B minor Op 18 No 3 Faure: L'Horizon Chim退rique Op 118 Liszt: Three Petrarch Sonnets St退phane Degout - Baritone Simon Lepper - Piano. Baritone Stephane Degout and pianist Simon Lepper perform Gallic song and miniature opera. Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |
| 15 | Frank Peter Zimmermann And Christian Zacharias | 20140829 | Live from the Edinburgh Festival, violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann and pianist Christian Zacharias celebrate the rich lyricism of Beethoven's early sonatas from Opus 12 and the spirited Spring sonata. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 3 in E flat, Op 12 Interval estimated 11:40 12:00 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24 'Spring Frank Peter Zimmermann - violin Christian Zacharias - piano. Frank Peter Zimmermann and Christian Zacharias in Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 3, 2, 5 Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival |