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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (3/4)

Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (3/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2023 (3/4)

Performances of works by Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler and Schubert.

Works by Liszt, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler and Schubert, performed at the 2023 Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music.

John Toal presents the third in our series of recitals from this year's Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music, performed in the Great Hall at Queen's University, Belfast. 

In today's recital we begin with Franz Liszt's Ballade No.2 performed by Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale, followed by two works by Mahler, that is to say Gustav and Alma Mahler. The first, by Gustav, his Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen "Songs of a Wayfarer" is a collection of songs with words by the composer written around 1884 and influenced by the texts of German folk poetry. This is followed by Alma Mahler's Fünf Lieder- a collection of five songs written between 1899-1910 and published around a year later.

To round off today's recital, pianist Michael McHale returns to the stage with Schubert's Impromptu op.90 no.4.

Franz Liszt - Ballade No.2 							
Michael McHale, piano

Gustav Mahler - Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen		
Alma Mahler - Fünf Lieder		
Claire Barnett Jones, mezzo-soprano | Rebecca Cohen, piano

Franz Schubert - Impromptu op.90 no.4 
Michael McHale, piano

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