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Beamish and Beethoven

Recorded at Kings Place, the Elias Quartet play Sally's Beamish's Quartet no.3 and two Beethoven Quartets: his Op. 18, No. 1 in F major and the 3rd 'Razumovsky' Op.59, in C major.

The Elias Quartet play Beethoven and Sally Beamish. Beamish's 3rd String Quartet 'Reed Stanzas' was inspired partly by the Elias Quartet's Donald Grant who doubles as a Scottish fiddle player, and also by bird calls and the landscapes of Suffolk and Harris. Beethoven is on either side of the Beamish. At the turn of the 18th century, with the first of his earliest set of quartets, Op.18, Beethoven threw down the gauntlet to Haydn, the string quartet's inventor and preeminent composer; less than a decade later, with his three 'Razumovsky' quartets, Beethoven had become the acclaimed and undisputed master of the genre.

Another chance to hear this concert recorded last September at Kings Place, and presented by Ian Skelly.

7.30pm
Beethoven; String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1
Sally Beamish: String Quartet No. 3 'Reed Stanzas'

c.8.30pm
Interval music
Beethoven: Sextet for Wind, Op.71.
London Baroque Soloists

c.8.50pm
Beethoven; String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, 'Razumovsky' No. 3

Elias Quartet

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Apr 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in F major Op 18 No 1

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • Sally Beamish

    String Quartet No 3 'Reed Stanzas'

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet for wind Op 71 in E flat major

    Ensemble: London Baroque Ensemble.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in C major Op 59 No 3 'Razumovsky'

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
  • Michael Nyman

    Where the Bee Dances

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Music Arranger: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mikel Toms.
    • Amy Dickson. Glass Tavener Nyman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.
  • Richard Strauss

    Macbeth, Op 23

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Tone Poems 2.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 016.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Apr 2020 19:30

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