Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Highlights from the Schwetzingen Festival 2022 (4/4)

Highlights from the Schwetzingen Festival 2022 (4/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Highlights from the Schwetzingen Festival 2022 (4/4)

Antje Weithaas performs Brahms's C minor Piano Trio and Isabelle Faust plays Beethoven.

Antje Weithass leads a performance of Brahms's Piano Trio in C minor, Op 101, and Isabelle Faust plays Beethoven's Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23.

Sarah Walker presents a programme of highlights from this year's Schwetzingen Festival. One of Germany’s biggest musical events, the festival takes place amidst the rococo splendours of the palace at Schwetzingen, not far from Heidelberg. 

Today, Brahms's magnificent Piano Trio in C minor is followed by Beethoven's A minor Violin Sonata played by and Isabelle Faust with Alexander Melnikov on the fortepiano. And to end: Melnikov puts that instrument through its paces in one of Mozart's most adventurous and expressive works. 

Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op 101			
Antje Weithaas, violin
Julian Steckel, cello
Enrico Pace, piano
Concert given in the Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen on 6/5/22

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor Op 23		
Isabelle Faust, violin
Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano
Concert given on 24/5/22 in the Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen
	

Mozart: Fantasia in C minor K475				
Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano
Concert given on 27/5/22 in the Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen

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