Introduced by Penny Gore .
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Cardiff Coffee Concerts
2/4. Few orchestral instruments have the potential to hold an audience for a full solo recital but, largely thanks to JS Bach, the cello is now very much one of them. In this recital Swiss cellist Christian Poltera performs the first of Bach's solo suites.
Christian Poltera (cello)
Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007
Dutilleux Three Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for cello solo
Britten Cello Suite No 3
2.00 Vienna Week
Featuring composers associated with the Austrian capital.
Elgar Overture: In the South (Alassio)
San Francisco SO, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier Schubert String Quartet in E flat, D87 Bruckner Quartet
Hindemith Nobilissima Visione
Bavarian SO, conductor Riccardo Muti
Mozart Symphony No 29 in A, K201 Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, conductor Trevor Pinnock
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F. Op 57 (Appassionata) Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 1 NDR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Shostakovich String Quartet No 4, Op 83 Bruckner Quartet