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Radio 3,01 Oct 2025,117 mins
Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor from the Cowbridge Festival
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Shostakovich's masterly Piano Quintet recorded at this month's Cowbridge Festival is just one of today's programme highlights, alongside the rarely heard Stanford 2nd Piano Concerto with Finghin Collins and the Ulster Orchestra forming part of this week's spotlight on that orchestra. Presented by Al Ryan. Also, a lilting Romance from Dvorak as Al shines a light on the Orsino Ensemble. Charles Villiers Stanford Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op. 126 Finghin Collins (piano) Ulster Orchestra Jac van Steen (conductor) Antonin Dvorak Romance in F minor Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Orsino Ensemble Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a Ulster Orchestra Matthew Lynch (conductor) Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Huw Watkins (piano) Carducci Quartet To listen on most smart speakers just say 鈥渁sk 成人快手 Sounds to play Classical Live鈥
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- TrackArtist
- 1.Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.126Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.126Charles Villiers Stanford
- 2.Romance in F minor, Op 11Romance in F minor, Op 11Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
- 3.Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 4.Variations on a theme by Haydn Op.56a vers. for orchestraVariations on a theme by Haydn Op.56a vers. for orchestraJohannes Brahms
- 5.Lament for string orchestraLament for string orchestraSusan Spain-Dunk
- 6.Piano quintet in G minor, op 57Piano quintet in G minor, op 57Dmitry Shostakovich