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Radio 3,05 Jan 2026,360 mins

Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Mozart from the Belcea Quartet

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Mozart's "Dissonance" String Quartet and Beethoven's String Quartet no 16 feature in this concert from the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg Festival in Austria. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Excerpts from Four Pieces for Spring Quartet, Op 81 Belcea Quartet 12:43 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135 Belcea Quartet 01:09 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' Belcea Quartet 01:41 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Menuetto: Allegretto, from 'String Quartet no 20 in D, K.499 'Hoffmeister' Belcea Quartet 01:44 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828),Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Nahe des Geliebten, D.162 (Op 5 no 2) (The Proximity of the Loved One) Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte) 01:48 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Sonata in B flat major, D.960 Naum Grubert (piano) 02:31 AM Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) Symphony in B minor, Op 4 BBC Concert Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor) 03:09 AM Anonymous Confitebor tibi, Domine (Psalm) for soprano, strings and continuo Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Currende, Erik van Nevel (director) 03:29 AM Traditional Hungarian 17th Century Dances Csaba Nagy (tarogato), Peter Ella (harpsichord) 03:36 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Allegro moderato for piano, Op 8 no 1 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 03:42 AM Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) Two orchestral intermezzi from 'I Gioielli della Madonna', Op 4 KBS Symphony Orchestra, Othmar Mága (conductor) 03:52 AM Benjamin Ipavec (1839-1908) Ciganka Marija (1905) Ana Pusar-Jeric (soprano), Natasa Valant (piano) 03:56 AM Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (1720-1773) Sonata in D major, for flute, violin and basso continuo La Guirlande 04:04 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Ballade for piano no 4 in F minor, Op 52 Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) 04:15 AM Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Jens Peter Jacobsen (lyricist) Three choral songs Swedish Radio Choir, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) 04:22 AM Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Overture to Mireille Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concerto in F major, RV 284, Op 4 no 9 Fabio Biondi (violin), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director) 04:38 AM Frano Parać (b.1948) Guitar Trio Zagreb Guitar Trio 04:44 AM Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) Trylleharpen (The Magic Harp), Op 27 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) 04:56 AM Le Concert Brise Improvisation on 'La Monica' Le Concert Brise, William Dongois (director) 05:03 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Charm of lullabies for mezzo-soprano and piano, Op 41 Christine Rice (mezzo soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) 05:15 AM Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Suite espanola , Op 47 Ilze Graubina (piano) 05:38 AM Luys de Narvaez (fl.1526-1549) Los Seys libros del Delphin de musica Hopkinson Smith (vihuela) 05:55 AM Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) Das Blut Jesu Christi Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director) 06:04 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Cello concerto no 2 in D major, H.7b.2 Primož Zalaznik (cello), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Günter Pichler (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Excerpts from 'Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op 81'
    Excerpts from 'Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op 81'
    Felix Mendelssohn
  3. 2.
    String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135
    String Quartet no 16 in F major, Op 135
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 3.
    String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance'
    String Quartet no 19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance'
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart