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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2014

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Schwetzingen Festival 2014: Episode 3

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Schwetzingen Festival 2014

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Piano music by Bach, a quartet by Kurtag, songs by Strauss and a piano trio by Haydn.

Music from Schwetzingen 2014, including a movement from a Bach organ sonata arranged for piano, Kurtag's String Quartet No 1, songs by Strauss and a Haydn Piano Trio.

More highlights, including an arrangement of a Bach organ sonata played by pianist Michail Lifits, Kurtág's String Quartet No 1 played by an all-star line-up led by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, songs by Richard Strauss from Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau, and a Haydn Piano Trio performed by the Dali Trio.

JS Bach arr. Feinberg: Largo from Organ Sonata No 5 in C major, BWV529
Michail Lifits (piano)

Kurtág: String Quartet No 1
Quartet-lab
[Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pekka Kuusisto (violins), Lilli Maijala (viola), Pieter Wispelwey (cello)]

Strauss: Breit' über mein Haupt; All meine Gedenken; Die Nacht; Ruhe, meine Seele; Allerseelen
Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Haydn: Piano Trio in C, HobXV/27
Dali Trio.

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