Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 127 live from Wigmore Hall

Mark Forrest begins a week of afternoons of specially recorded music including exclusive recent recordings from some of the best orchestras in The Netherlands. Today, violinist Valentin Serban joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic for a performance of Mozart's "Turkish" violin concerto, and Albanian pianist Marie-Ange Nguci plays Tchaikovsky's monumental Piano Concerto No.1 with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Throughout this week you can also hear some of Beethoven's best-loved chamber music, and today features a live recording of his Octet given by the LSO Wind Ensemble. We also have highlights of the recent RNCM International Brass Band Festival which took place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester last month. This afternoon, the Cheshire-based Foden's Band performs a delightful set of variations by Edmund Rubbra.

As ever, we begin the week with a live music-making from Wigmore Hall. The Chiaroscuro Quartet, who play on instruments with gut strings, using historical bows, play the first of Beethoven's late quartets, alongside music by the Dutch organ master, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

Wigmore Hall Live
introduced from the hall by Petroc Trelawny

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia cromatica

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.12 in E flat, Op.127

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From 2pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 “Turkish”
Valentin Serban (violin)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet in E flat, Op.103
LSO Wind Ensemble

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Marie-Ange Nguci (piano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Roderick Cox (conductor)

Edmund Rubbra arr. Philip Littlemore: Variations on the Shining River, Op.101
Fodens Band
Michael Fowles (conductor)

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