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25 years of Sacconi Quartet

Sacconi Quartet perform live in the studio ahead of their 25th birthday concert at Wigmore Hall in London on 20th February. Petroc Trelawny is also joined by pianist Daniel Tong, who is the co-Artistic Director of the Wye Valley Chamber Music Winter Festival.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: European Brandenburg Ensemble.
    • Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (The Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Dudley Moore. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Grand pas de deux (Giselle, Act 2)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3, 'The Bird' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Performer: Makoto Ozone.
    • Verve Records.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchaikovsky 4 - Francesca da Rimini / Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade in A minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Vaughan Williams: Early and Late Works, World Premiere Recordings.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 14.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor Op 132 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 26, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 205.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Mozart: The Magic Flute: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Freya Waley-Cohen

    Dances, Hymns & Songs for Friendship (3rd mvt, Play)

    Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
  • Robert Schumann

    Romance No 2, Op 94

    Performer: Jean Johnson. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Jenner, R. Schumann & Weber: Works for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Janácek.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Frederick Loewe

    I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

    Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Julie Andrews. Singer: Philippa Bevans. Orchestra: Original Broadway Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Allers.
    • Loewe, F.: My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast) (1956).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Alun Hoddinott

    Love Song (Folk-Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D major, Op 12 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krysia Osostowicz. Performer: Daniel Tong.
    • SOMM.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quartet No 1 in D major Op 23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gary Pomeroy. Ensemble: London Bridge Trio.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Let us take care (Hercules at the Crossroads, BWV213)

    Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Orchestra: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
    • HANNSLER.

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  • Thu 12 Feb 202617:00

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