Through the Night

[Nick Armstrong]

Chorale for String Orchestra by Lipatti

I missed that, and was curious to hear what it's like. Must have a listen, thanks for reminding me

[Lateralthinking1]

I missed that, and was curious to hear what it's like. Must have a listen, thanks for reminding me

You are welcome Caliban. I am pleased to have been helpful.

[Bryn]

How strange, there are no credits re. performers for last night's TtN online schedule listing. I do hope they sort that one out soon. It's a s if Roehre had been enlisted for the job.

[Roehre]

How strange, there are no credits re. performers for last night's TtN online schedule listing. I do hope they sort that one out soon. It's a s if Roehre had been enlisted for the job.

Not guilty, m'lord

[David-G]

Just before 6 o'clock yesterday, a fine performance of Beethoven's Op. 19 concerto. It was credited as being played by Maria João Pires (piano), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor). No mention was made of the maker or date(s) of the piano. A YouTube upload of what appears to be this same performance claims the last two movements to be played not by Pires but Argerich. This is confirmed here, where it is also revealed that the piano was an 1849 Erard.

Bryn, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention; and also for finding the link with the details. I am very much looking forward to listening to this.

This link http://www.argerich.jp/2010.8.30-BBC-E.htm shows the original programme of the concert, which apparently included the Schumann violin concerto and the Mozart sonata for piano duet K381. The whole concert seems to have featured as the first part of TTN on some previous occasion.

[Serial_Apologist]

It was ALL Broadway stuff last night - - fine if TTN is for keeping you awake. Do they do this at this time of year, as a one-off? I had to resort to my "inner playlist" and must've drifted off before the end of the Debussy sontata for flute, harp and viola...

[doversoul1]

TTN broadcasts quite a lot of proms concerts from the previous years and they are usually worth listening. Glad to hear that you managed to drift off and miss it.

[Nick Armstrong]

Can't always be good.... A truly execrable French performance of Duruflé's 'Requiem' this evening on TTN

I could only stand a few minutes. Just shows that national authenticity isn't the key - the King's performance which I recall hearing was on Essential Classics on ?Friday is infinitely preferable, I'd say...

[doversoul1]

Saturday 15th

I thought this was rather good.

Nicola Hall presents. Three Czech classical cello concerto rarities by Antonin Kraft, Carl Stamitz and Anton Vranicky

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p3p4m

Has anyone noticed how nicely Nicola Hall has TTN-ised? It took me some while to realise that I wasn’t listening to Susan Sharp.

[ed] Ah… while listening again, I’ve just been informed that it is actually Katrina Young who is presenting this programme. I though the voice was very familiar.

[Roehre]

I thought this was rather good.

Nicola Hall presents. Three Czech classical cello concerto rarities by Antonin Kraft, Carl Stamitz and Anton Vranicky
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p3p4m.

I thought the Kraft concerto (1792) the most interesting (there are some similarities with Beethoven's violin concerto in C (1790)) but all three do remind us how a pity it is that Mozart nor Beethoven wrote a concerto for the 'cello.

[EdgeleyRob]

I thought the Kraft concerto (1792) the most interesting (there are some similarities with Beethoven's violin concerto in C (1790)) but all three do remind us how a pity it is that Mozart nor Beethoven wrote a concerto for the 'cello.

There's a thread in that Roehre,works you wish composers had written.

[cloughie]

Heard Celi's Daphnis 2 on TTN - got to say it's the weirdest I've hear it - some very strange sounds in it.

[David-G]

I thought the Kraft concerto (1792) the most interesting (there are some similarities with Beethoven's violin concerto in C (1790)) but all three do remind us how a pity it is that Mozart nor Beethoven wrote a concerto for the 'cello.

That is of course not quite true. The cello is one of the instruments in Beethoven's "Triple" concerto. I heard Steven Isserlis play it a few months back, and very wonderful it was.

[Roehre]

That is of course not quite true. The cello is one of the instruments in Beethoven's "Triple" concerto. I heard Steven Isserlis play it a few months back, and very wonderful it was.

It is true, as a triple concerto is not a cello concerto but a kind of Sinfonia concertante, in which the solo instruments are not developed in a way even remotely resembling a solo concerto. If one wants to get some idea what a beethovenian 'cello concerto might have sounded (at least a slow mvt), then the solo mvt from Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43 gives some indication.
The same applies to Mozart: his (unfinished) Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and cello in A KV320e/App.104 is not a solo 'cello concerto.

[Lateralthinking1]

I caught a reasonable amount of last night's programme and liked what I heard -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ppxcv

Vieuxtemps, Kisielewski, de Fesch etc - not the standard daytime output by any means!