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Live music from the Resol String Quartet

Live music from the Resol String Quartet and Jamie chats to cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

The Resol String Quartet, described as ‘ones to watch’ joins Jamie for live music in the studio, with an unusual chamber music addition - the saxophone! Then after the eight o'clock news, Jamie talks to award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his latest album release with his sister Isata Kanneh-Mason. Finally, our Album of the week showcases the revolutionary instrumental music in Handel’s operas, alongside the stunning voices of countertenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Lucy Crowe.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 14 Nov 202119:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the swallow

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Teseo, HWV 9 (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.

  • Richard Strauss

    Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier.
    • Orfeo.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op 18 No 4 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Resol String Quartet.

  • William Grant Still

    Romance

    Performer: Richard Scholfield. Ensemble: Resol String Quartet.

  • Frank Bridge

    Three Idylls for String Quartet No's 2 & 3

    Ensemble: Resol String Quartet.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet no.2 in G major, Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Julia-Maria Kretz. Performer: Stefan Fehlandt. Performer: Pauline Sachse. Performer: Christoph Richter. Performer: Xenia Jankovic.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto & String Sextet No. 2.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op 70

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Elgar - Symphony No.2.
    • Bis.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos - Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Pena tiranna (Amidigi di Gaula)

    Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 901.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Impromptu no.2 in B minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Muse.
    • Decca.

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade 'Walking the dog' (Shall We Dance)

    Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas. Music Arranger: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Gershwin.
    • Sony.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Qui l'augel da pianta in pianta (Galatea e Polifemo)

    Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 601.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, 'Spring'

    Performer: Huw Daniel. Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & String Concerti.
    • Obsidian.
    • 5-7.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Nov 202119:00
    BBC Radio Scotland