Thu 2 Oct; 6, 13 & 20 Nov 2014 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
Young Pianists
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
Programmes include: Beethoven Piano Sonatas in A-flat major (Op 26) and D minor (Op 31) Brahms Theme and Variations in D minor; Two Rhapsodies Liszt Paganini Études Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Schubert Four Impromptus Khatia Buniatishvili, Federico Colli, Alice Sara Ott, Lise de la Salle Thu 9, 16, 23 & 30 Oct 2014 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
Nash Ensemble Residency: At Fives and Sixes
Working with LSO St Luke’s on our regular series of BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts is a special pleasure. Planning five separate mini-series has its challenges, but the chance to explore an interesting theme and match the finest performers to masterpieces of the chamber repertoire can also be immensely rewarding. Nothing beats the feeling of sitting in this remarkable building when all those things have come together! We start our 12th season with two contrasting series. Young Pianists gives you the opportunity to hear some of the brightest new talents around – artists who, despite still being in their 20s, have been making a mark on concert halls throughout the world. They include the most recent winner of the Leeds Competition, a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and two star pianists who already have several high-profile recordings behind them, so we’re confident you’re going to like them. Their recitals sandwich a residency from the Nash Ensemble, who in their numerous appearances at LSO St Luke’s have always demonstrated the highest levels of musicianship; this time they will be luxuriating in the richness and depth of the repertoire for string quintet and sextet, from Beethoven and Borodin to Dvorˇák to Tchaikovsky. In the spring we’ll be welcoming cellist Natalie Clein, who will be showing off her versatility and range in another of our curated ‘And Friends’ series with a special emphasis on Bach. After that, Haydn Plus takes three genres for which Haydn was a seminal figure – the piano sonata, the piano trio and the string quartet – and places them alongside complementary masterpieces in those genres by later composers. And we end in May with our contribution to the LSO International Violin Festival: four top-name violinists, three of whom are also appearing in concertos with the LSO this year. Please join us.
Programmes include: Beethoven String Quintet in C major Borodin String Sextet in D minor Brahms String Sextet No 1 in B-flat major Bruckner Adagio from String Quintet in F major Dvorˇák String Sextet in A major Martinu˚ String Sextet Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Thu 5, 12, 19 & 26 Feb 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
Natalie Clein & Friends Programmes include: Bach Suite No 3 in C major; Gamba Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3 Bach arr Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations for string trio Chopin Preludes Nos 4, 8 & 16 Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 2 in D major Kurtág Selection from ‘Signs, Games and Messages’ Ravel Sonata for violin and cello Natalie Clein cello Henning Kraggerud, Anthony Marwood violin Krzysztof Chorzelski viola Mahan Esfahani harpsichord Sergio Tiempo piano Thu 5, 12, 19 & 26 Mar 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
Haydn PLus
Programmes include: Haydn String Quartets in B minor and F minor; Piano Sonatas in G major, C major & E major; Fantasia in C major Bartók String Quartet No 5 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor Brahms Piano Trio No 1 in B major Shostakovich String Quartet No 2 in A major ATOS Trio, Cuarteto Casals, Meta4 Ronald Brautigam fortepiano Thu 21 May; 11, 18 & 25 Jun 2015 1pm, LSO St Luke’s BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
LSO International Violin Festival: REcitals Programmes include: Bach Partita No 2 in D minor, Sonata No 3 in C major Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 3, 9 & 10 Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Schumann Volin Sonata No 2 in D minor Christian Tetzlaff violin James Ehnes violin, Steven Osborne piano Veronika Eberle violin, Michail Lifits piano Nicola Benedetti violin, Alexei Grynyuk piano
Lindsay Kemp Lead Producer, BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts
full Concert LIstings pages 44 to 49 ~ Booking Details Page 51
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