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Elmore Quartet and Vista Quartet perform live in studio

The Elmore Quartet and Vista Quartet perform live ahead of their performance at the Guildhall Chamber Festival. Also, Michael Waldron talks to Katie Derham about Britten and Oldham.

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: Scottish National Orch/Jar.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Florence Price

    Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair (Debutante Waltz)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild Music.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Nightclub 1960 (from Histoire du Tango)

    Performer: Marc Andre. Performer: Gabriel Bianco.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings - 4th mvmt (presto)

    Ensemble: Elmore String Quartet. Ensemble: Vista String Quartet.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Waltz from Masquerade

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 2.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quartet in G Major: III. Andante

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet in E flat major Op. 127 for strings

    Ensemble: Elmore String Quartet.
  • Charles Gounod

    Waltz from Faust

    Conductor: Richard Hayman.
    • French Ballet Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo: Hoe-down

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.
  • Mel Bonis

    Sonate en do dièse mineur, Op. 64: III. Adagio

    Performer: Fabienne Sulser. Performer: Anne-Marie Aellen.
    • VDE-GALLO.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve: Danza española No. 1 (Arr. Grandjany for Harp)

    Performer: Martine Géliot.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 - Hymn

    Performer: Annemarie Federle. Ensemble: London Choral Sinfonia. Singer: Nick Pritchard. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Arthur Oldham

    Laudes Creaturarum - The Canticle of All Creatures - X. IX

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Dido's Lament (Arr. Diluka for Piano)

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Gianluigi Trovesi

    Folia

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alpha Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Suite In D Minor for keyboard [from "Pieces De Clavecin" 1687]: i. Prelude

    • De La Guerre: Pieces De Clavecin Vol. 1 & 2.
    • OnClassical.
    • 1.
  • John Lennon

    Penny Lane

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA Victor.

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  • Wed 18 Mar 202617:00

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