Danish String Quartet - Nielsen's String Quartets Nos 1 and 3

Jonathan Swain presents the first of two concerts given by BBC New Generation Artists, the Danish String Quartet, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Carl Nielsen's birth.

1:01 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
String Quartet no.1 in G minor, Op.13
Danish String Quartet: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölln (cello)

1:27 AM
Nørgård, Per (b. 1932)
String Quartet no.1 ('Quartetto Breve')
Danish String Quartet

1:35 AM
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
String Quartet no.3 in E flat major, Op.14
Danish String Quartet

2:07 AM
Traditional Nordic folk tune arr. Danish String Quartet
Waltz, after Lasse from Lyby
Danish String Quartet

2:12 AM
Sibelius, Jean [1865-1957]
Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op.63
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

2:53 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Nocturne in C minor (Op.48 No.1)
Teresa Carreño (piano) recorded on a Welte Mignon Piano Roll on 2nd April 1905]

3:01 AM
Mozetich, Marjan (b. 1948)
The Passion of Angels - Concerto for 2 harps and orchestra
Nora Bumanis & Julia Shaw (harps), Marc Destrubé (violin), Diane Berthelsdorf (cello), Roger Cole (oboe), Christopher Millard (bassoon), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

3:22 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Lachrymae (Reflections on a song of Dowland) for viola and piano (Op.48)
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Markus Hadulla (piano)

3:36 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Serenade for string orchestra in E flat major (Op.6)
Budapest Strings, Béla Banfalvi (leader)

4:05 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
'Mi restano le lagrime' from 'Alcina' (Act 3 Sc.5)
Nancy Argenta (soprano), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Monica Huggett (conductor)

4:12 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Concerto for 3 oboes and orchestra in B flat major
Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann, Piet Dhont (oboes), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

4:21 AM
Schnizer, Franz Xaver (1740-1785)
Sonata No.1 in C major - from Sei Sonate per il Cembalo ed Organo (Op.1)
Gonny van der Maten (organ of Geertekerk, Utrecht. Built by Johannes Stephanus Strumphler in 1804)

4:35 AM
Domenico da Piacenza (fl.1439-c.1450)
Pizochara - for treble viol, small lute and tambourine
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise, Gilles Plante (director)

4:39 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1759-1791)
4 Kontra Tänze (KV.267)
English Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (conductor)

4:45 AM
Grünfeld, Alfred [1852-1924]
Soirees de Vienne for piano, Op.56
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

4:52 AM
Agay, Denes (1911-2007)
5 Easy Dances
Tae-Won Kim (flute), Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe), Hyon-Kon Kim (clarinet), Sang-Won Yoon (bassoon), Kawng-Ku Lee (horn)

5:01 AM
Järnefelt, Armas (1869-1958)
Kanteletar
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilpo Mansnerus (conductor)

5:07 AM
Chaminade, Cecile [1857-1944]
Concertino, Op.107
Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzeava (piano)

5:15 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Estampes
Lars-David Nilsson (piano)

5:30 AM
Bloch, Ernest [1880-1959]
Schelomo - Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
Adam Krzeszowiec (cello), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

5:53 AM
Nowowiejski, Felix [1877-1946]
3 Songs (Op.56) from "The Bialowieza Forest folder"
Polish Radio Choir, Marek Kluza (conductor)

6:15 AM
Jarzebski, Adam [1590-1649]
Sentinella
Simon Standage (violin), Il Tempo Ensemble (ensemble)

6:19 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Suite in E major (BWV.1006a)
Konrad Junghänel (lute)

6:41 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Divertimento in D major (K.205)
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (concert master).