Introduced by Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Vienna Old and New
Today's concert features a ground-breaking work by Mozart and a piano trio transcription of a famous string piece by Schoenberg, made by his pupil Edward Steuermann.
Mozart Piano Trio in G,
K496 Schoenberg , arr Steuermann Verklarte Nacht
2.00 French Festivals
Music from the festivals of La Roque d'Antheron and Montpellier.
Ravel La Valse Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Albeniz Iberia, Bk 3 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Lalo Fiesque (Acts 1 and 2) Latvian Radio Chorus, Montpellier National Orchestra, conductor Alain Altinoglu
4.00 The Making of Music
13/30. The Puritans. Oliver Cromwell may have sent his Parliamentary visitor William Dowsing to smash up organs in churches but, privately, he not only liked music, he also commissioned composers formerly employed by Charles I to write for him and his new regime.