2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition

Beethoven, Bartók and Hindemith performed by quartets in the Canadian competition: Quatuor Elmire, Viatores Quartet and Quartett HANA. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Andante con moto – Allegro vivace, from 'String Quartet no 9 in C, Op 59 no 3
Quatuor Elmire

12:42 AM
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet no 2 in A minor, Sz 67
Quatuor Elmire

01:08 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro, from 'String Quartet no 7 in F, Op 59 no 1 'Razumovsky''
Viatores Quartet

01:20 AM
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
String Quartet no 5 in E flat, Op 32
Viatores Quartet

01:48 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro, from 'String Quartet no 8 in E minor, Op 59 no 2 'Razumovsky''
Quartett HANA

01:56 AM
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
String Quartet no 3, Sz.85
Quartett HANA

02:11 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Keyboard Concerto no 7 in G minor, BWV.1058
Angela Hewitt (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

02:25 AM
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
Canzon Primi Toni a 8
Canadian Brass, Douglas Haas (organ)

02:31 AM
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734)
Completorium
Aldona Bartnik (soprano), Agnieszka Ryman (soprano), Matthew Venner (counter tenor), Maciej Gocman (tenor), Tomáš Král (bass), Jaromír Nosek (bass), Period Instruments Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak (director)

02:54 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
25 variations and fugue on a theme by G.F. Handel for piano, Op 24
Shai Wosner (piano)

03:21 AM
Väinö Raitio (1891-1945)
Joutsenet , Op 15 (1919)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)

03:29 AM
Balthasar Fritsch (1570-1608)
Paduan and 2 Galliards (from Primitiae musicales, Frankfurt/Main 1606)
Hortus Musicus, Andres Mustonen (director)

03:38 AM
Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)
De klare dag - song
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Rudolf Jansen (piano)

03:42 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Love Scene - from the opera 'Feuersnot', Op 50
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

03:52 AM
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Harp Fantasia no 2 in C minor, Op 35
Mojca Zlobko Vaigl (harp)

04:01 AM
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Premiere Rhapsodie
Camerata Variabile Basel

04:09 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
5 movements from "Les petits riens" ballet music, K.299b
Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Ádám Fischer (conductor)

04:20 AM
Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)
Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner (director)

04:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Romance and Waltz
Dutch Pianists Quartet

04:37 AM
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799)
Ballet music (L'amant anonyme)
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

04:44 AM
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Mystery (Rosary) sonata (Passacaglia) in G minor (The Guardian angel)
Daniel Sepec (violin)

04:53 AM
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
To her beneath whose steadfast star, for chorus
BBC Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)

04:58 AM
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
Pastoral Suite, Op 19 (1938)
CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

05:12 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Trio for piano and strings in D minor, Op 120
Grumiaux Trio, Luc Devos (piano), Philippe Koch (violin), Luc Dewez (cello)

05:33 AM
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Song to the Moon from Rusalka, Op 114
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)

05:40 AM
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
Iberia - book 1
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

06:00 AM
Antonio Rosetti (c.1750-1792)
Horn Concerto in D minor, C 38
Radek Baborák (french horn), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Antonín Hradil (conductor)

06:21 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) for female voice
Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (fiddle)