Beethoven's Serioso Quartet from Birmingham

Available for 17 days

Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of concert recordings including music from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. It has been exploring the music of the early 19th century English composer Cipriano Potter. Featuring a set of orchestral variations from him based on the famous La Folia theme. Also in today's progamme, the Violin Concerto by Benjamin Britten with the orchestra and soloist Simone Lamsma, plus Beethoven chamber music from BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet, from the group's recent concert at the University of Birmingham. Including: Cipriano Potter Concertante on ‘Les Follies d’Espagne’ Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin) Tim Posner (violoncello) Philip Nelson (double bass) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Howard Griffiths (conductor) Barber Lunchtime Concert Series at the University of Birmingham: Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” Kleio Quartet Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto, Op. 15 Simone Lamsma (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Joaquin Rodrigo: Vos me matasteis Roger Quilter: The Faithless Shepherdess Gustav Holst: The thought Benjamin Britten: Before life and after Vaughan Williams: Dreamland Muriel Herbert: Renouncement Santiago Sánchez (tenor) Ian Tindale (piano)