Consone Quartet live from London's Wigmore Hall

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making, including a live concert from London's Wigmore Hall. Formed at the Royal College of Music in 2015, the Consone Quartet became the first period-instrument string quartet to join Radio 3’s New Generation Artists scheme. Today’s lunchtime concert opens with an exquisite arrangement of Clara Schumann’s Romances, three miniatures that form a captivating preface to the lyrical outpourings of Schubert’s much-loved ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet.

Elsewhere in the programme, a week-long focus begins on Leipzig, a pivotal centre in Western classical music. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra perform two works - Bach's celebratory cantata ‘Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!‘ and Honegger's Symphony for String Orchestra and Trumpet. There is also chamber music from the current cohort of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Flautist Elizaveta Ivanova plays Donizetti, pianist Julius Asal performs Bartok and cellist Sterling Elliott plays Vincent D’Indy. Across the week, there is also an exploration of music composed for the bassoon. Today, Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B flat is played by Jane Gower, Concerto Copenhagen and conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

Live from Wigmore Hall and presented by Petroc Trelawny

Clara Schumann (arr. Amy Tress)
3 Romances Op. 22

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor D804 'Rosamunde'

Consone Quartet

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata 214 – ‘Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!‘, BWV 214
Elisabeth Breuer (soprano)
Alex Potter (countertenor)
Manuel Walser (bass)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
St Thomas' Choir, Leipzig
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Johannes Lang, organ (continuo)
Andreas Reize (conductor)

Gaetano Donizetti
Sonata in C
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Bela Bartok
3 Burlesques Sz.47, Op 8.
Julius Asal (piano)

Vincent D’Indy
Lied Op.19 (1884)
Sterling Elliott (cello)
Richard Uttley (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K. 191
Jane Gower (bassoon)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Symphony for String Orchestra and Trumpet, H. 153
Jonathan Müller (trumpet)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

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