Lunchtime Concerts one stop shop

[EdgeleyRob]

Ah - that'll be her dad's influence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GojzHVbAujw

[doversoul1]

Véronique Gens sings French mélodie: 8 May

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, soprano Véronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff perform songs from the golden age of the French mélodie tradition by Hahn, Duparc and Chausson.

Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Hahn: Néère; Trois jours de vendange
Duparc: Chanson triste; Romance de Mignon
Chausson: Le Charme; Les Papillons; Hébé
Hahn: Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le Rossignol des lilas; A Chloris
Chausson: Le Chanson bien douce; Le Temps des lilas
Hahn: Lydé; Tyndaris; Pholoé; Phyllis; Le Printemps
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Susan Manoff (piano).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08nz0tn

Just started. Exquisite.

[gurnemanz]

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, soprano Véronique Gens and pianist Susan Manoff

Just started. Exquisite.

Just got back. It was exquisite. Having really enjoyed their award-winning disc, I decided I should take the opportunity to see them live. It was well worth the effort.

[doversoul1]

Lawes and Locke by Phantasm: Monday 22 May

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, viol consort Phantasm play English music from the 17th century by Matthew Locke and three of the 'Royall Consorts' of William Lawes.
Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

W Lawes: Royall Consort No 10
Locke: Consort of 4 Parts No 5
W Lawes: Royall Consort No 5
Locke: The Flatt Consort 'for my cousin Kemble'
W Lawes: Royall Consort No 6
Phantasm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08r2sqk

I'll be thinking of gamba.

[BBMmk2]

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, viol consort Phantasm play English music from the 17th century by Matthew Locke and three of the 'Royall Consorts' of William Lawes.
Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

W Lawes: Royall Consort No 10
Locke: Consort of 4 Parts No 5
W Lawes: Royall Consort No 5
Locke: The Flatt Consort 'for my cousin Kemble'
W Lawes: Royall Consort No 6
Phantasm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08r2sqk

I'll be thinking of gamba.

Certainly looking forward to today's Lunchtime Concert. I was thinking I would like to explore more composers from this time. So this looks like an ideal opportunity.

[bluestateprommer]

English songs by Ireland, Warlock, Gurney, Howells, Stanford, Vaughan Williams and more…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ljpr2

Very quick and belated words of praise for Kitty Whately and Joseph Middleton's recital, so expertly delivered that KW made every word crystal-clear. All the more impressive that they stepped in on short notice for Sarah Connolly.

Also caught before the 30-day deadline the Manchester Chamber Concerts Society airings. It is admittedly curious to get the "tossed salad" format, with 3 different concerts sliced and diced to make the different programs, as is common with these 'festival week' offerings. But it is what it is, and was good listening.

[doversoul1]

W.F. Bach, Steve Reich and More: 5 June

Mahan Esfahani

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani plays music by from three centuries by Thomas Tomkins, Giles Farnaby, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Henry Cowell and Steve Reich.
Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Tomkins: Pavan in A minor
Farnaby: Woody-Cock
Cowell: Set of Four
W.F. Bach: Sonata in E flat
Steve Reich: Piano Phase

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08slq3f

[DracoM]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rg5rk

Something weird in this broadcast: is it just me or does the iPlayer version stop before the end of the Beethoven?

[Bryn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rg5rk

Something weird in this broadcast: is it just me or does the iPlayer version stop before the end of the Beethoven?

Not just you. The end of the Beethoven can be found at the start of the following Afternoon on 3. There is an overlap, so you do not have to actually lose any of it. Hopefully it will get sorted tomorrow morning. Might be worth raising the issue via the iPlayer "Contact Us" system if not.

[Beresford]

Mahan Esfahani

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani plays music by from three centuries by Thomas Tomkins, Giles Farnaby, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Henry Cowell and Steve Reich.
Introduced by Fiona Talkington.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08slq3f

Listening now - such a brave performer. I don't always like what he does, but I always want to hear it.

[doversoul1]

Listening now - such a brave performer. I don't always like what he does, but I always want to hear it.

I wish I could have thought this . This is exactly how I think of Mahan Esfahani and his performance.

[doversoul1]

Italian Baroque Sonatas: Monday 3 July

Just starting

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, recorder-player Maurice Steger and harpsichordist Jean Rondeau perform works by Hasse, Falconieri, Storace, Corelli, Scarlatti and Sammartini.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Hasse: Cantata in D for recorder and continuo
Falconieri: La suava melodia
Bernardo Storace: Ciaccona for solo harpsichord
Castrucci: Sonata for recorder and continuo (after Corelli's Violin Sonata Op 5 No 8)
Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonatas in D minor, Kk213, and in D, Kk119
Giuseppe Sammartini: Sonata in G, Op 2 No 4, for recorder and continuo

Maurice Steger (recorder)
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wn195

[Richard Tarleton]

Not quite lunchtime, but 12.10 pm - was anyone else listening to the Chiauroscura Quartet playing Death and the Maiden? Could just be my ears, but I thought the first movement sounded pretty rough and as if it had tuning problems - they certainly spent an inordinate amount of time tuning after the first movement. A short way into the 2nd, I had no choice but to turn it off.

[Constantbee]

It seems such a pity that so many of these concerts seem to go unremarked upon, on the board.

What's for lunch today? Well, this week it's the West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Fascinated by the venue and the logistics of organising festivals in places like this. A little research repays the effort.

http://www.bantryhouse.com/

Feels as though this is evidence of a growing trend in 'cultural tourism', ie holidays with concerts thrown in, varying from classical pops to private concerts at exclusive venues. You gets what you pays for.

Enjoyed Haydn's 'Dream' quartet (opus 50/50 on Monday. Just wondered whether the glissandos in the last movement were scored or added to liven up an otherwise workaday ending. Nice, whatever it was.


Enjoyed Haydn's The Dream on Monday.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Enjoyed Haydn's 'Dream' quartet (opus 50/50 on Monday. Just wondered whether the glissandos in the last movement were scored or added to liven up an otherwise workaday ending. Nice, whatever it was.

An interpretation, perhaps, of Haydn's sopra una corda ("on one string") instruction - in order to play the whole range of the phrase without changing string, the performer has to move his/her hand up the finger board which can (but doesn't necessarily have to) result in a portamento - or even a glissando if the player chooses to understand the instruction to require it.

Enjoyed Haydn's The Dream on Monday.

So good you named it twice?