2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition

From the Romantic Round of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, quartets by Mendelssohn, Debussy and Brahms. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Op 13
Quartet KAIRI

01:02 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Cong Quartet

01:28 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quartet no 3 in B flat, Op 67
Poiesis Quartet

02:00 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes, L.100)
Karina Sabac (piano)

02:05 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op 61
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor)

02:31 AM
Felix Nowowiejski (1877-1946)
Missa pro pace, Op 49 no 3
Polish Radio Choir, Andrzej Bialko (organ), Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

03:09 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Humoreske for piano in B flat major, Op 20
Ivetta Irkha (piano)

03:33 AM
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Festive Overture, Op 96
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

03:39 AM
Alexej Lebedjew (1923-1993)
Concerto in one movement (Concerto no 1) in A minor
Csaba Wagner (trombone), Katalin Sarkady (piano)

03:47 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), Katya Apekisheva (piano)

03:54 AM
Jacques Hétu (1938-2010)
Le jardin d'antan; Gondolar - from Les Illusions Fanees, Op 46
Phoenix Chamber Choir, Ramona Luengen (conductor)

04:00 AM
Henry Eccles (c.1675-1745)
Sonata for double bass, continuo and strings
Joel Quarrington (double bass), Eric Robertson (harpsichord), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Vernon (conductor)

04:09 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium and Fughetta in G major, BWV 902
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

04:19 AM
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), arr. Øivind Westby
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Argovia Philharmonic, Rune Bergmann (conductor)

04:31 AM
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694), arr. Ronald Romm
Suite of German dances, arr. for brass ensemble
Canadian Brass

04:39 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
12 Variations for piano in B flat major, K.500
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

04:48 AM
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1678)
Laudate pueri - psalm for 8 voices
Cappella Artemisia, Maria Christina Cleary (harp), Francesca Torelli (theorbo), Bettini Hoffmann (gamba), Miranda Aureli (organ), Candace Smith (director)

04:57 AM
Leopold Ebner (1769-1830)
Trio in B flat major
Zagreb Woodwind Trio

05:04 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Evening in the Mountains, Op 68 no 4; At the cradle, Op 68 no 5
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:13 AM
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in F major for treble recorder, RV.442
Michael Schneider (recorder), Camerata Köln

05:21 AM
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
String Serenade in E major, Op 22
Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds (conductor)

05:49 AM
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantasy in F minor, Op 49
Jakub Kuszlik (piano)

06:02 AM
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842)
Symphony no 6 in C minor
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Ádám Fischer (conductor)