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Radio 3,02 Mar 2026,176 mins

Cello music by Britten and Bridge live from Wigmore Hall

Classical Live

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Music for cello and piano by Britten and Bridge performed live at Wigmore Hall by one of Radio 3's New Generation Artists, Stirling Elliott. The scheme champions and supports a chosen number of formidable young artists of international pedigree with the view of offering a window on classical music's rising stars. Also in this week's programmes, Al Ryan presents a selection of exclusive concert recordings of distinctive and contasting settings of the church mass. Today Mozart's Coronation Mass performed late last year in Wroclaw. And from Northern Ireland, we feature highlights from the recent Belfast International Chamber Music Festival including performances from the Sitkovetsky Trio and from trombonist Peter Moore, both playing music by Brahms. 1.00 FROM WIGMORE HALL Intoduced by Hannah French Sterling Elliott (cello) Joseph Havlat (piano) Frank Bridge Cello Sonata in D minor Benjamin Britten Cello Sonata in C Op. 65 ***** 2.00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass in C major, K. 317 (Coronation Mass) Anett Fritsch (soprano) Justyna Rapacz-Ołów (mezzo-soprano) Dovlet Nurgeldiyev (tenor) Volodymyr Andrushchak (baritone) NFM Choir Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini (conductor) Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: Johannes Brahms Vier Ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs) Op. 121/1 “Denn es gehet dem Menschen” Op. 121/2 “Ich wandte mich, und sahe an” Op. 121/3 “O Tod, wie bitter bist du” Op. 121/4 “Wenn ich mit Mensche” (arr. trombone & piano) Peter Moore (trombone) Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Claude Debussy Jeux Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest János Kovács (conductor) Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 Sitkovetsky Trio

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cello Sonata, in C major, Op. 65
    Cello Sonata, in C major, Op. 65
    Benjamin Britten
  3. 2.
    Cello Sonata in D minor
    Cello Sonata in D minor
    Frank Bridge
  4. 3.
    Suite for violin and piano (III. Gamin)
    Suite for violin and piano (III. Gamin)
    William Grant Still