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Radio 3,25 Jun 2026,180 mins

The Grieg Cello Sonata from the Hay-on-Wye festival

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens with an afternoon of specially recorded music. Grieg's romantic Cello Sonata from the recent Hay-on-Wye festival makes a welcome appearance on today's programme in a performance by Guy Johnston and Mishka Rushdie Momen. Also, Linton's lineup of concertos for the wind section turns to an instrument with which he is very familiar: the bassoon. Richard Strauss Duet-Concertino for Bassoon and Clarinet Johannes Schittler (clarinet) Jan Hudeček (bassoon) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Robert Jindra (conductor) HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL Edvard Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 Guy Johnston (cello) Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) Franz Schubert Symphony No.5 in Bb major, D. 485 WDR Symphony Orchestra Christian Macalaru (conductor) Josquin des Prez Alma redemptoris mater BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin (conductor) Johannes Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1854 verision) ATOS Trio Giacchino Rossini (atrrib.) Bassoon Concerto Valeria Curti (bassoon) Swiss National Youth Orchestra Johannes Schlaefli (conductor)

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    Hymn and Triumphal March, from 'Aida'
    Hymn and Triumphal March, from 'Aida'
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    Duet-Concertino for Bassoon and Clarinet
    Richard Strauss
  4. 3.
    Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
    Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
    Edvard Grieg