Modigliani Quartet live from Wigmore Hall

All week, Elizabeth Alker celebrates the vivid storytelling and sweeping orchestral melodies of the symphonic tone poem. Today, we hear from a composer who helped to establish the genre, Franz Liszt, as well as two defining tone poems, Sergey Rachmaninov’s The Isle of the Dead and Richard Strauss’s Don Juan.

Also, we’ll hear exclusive recordings from the world’s largest festival of classical song, the Oxford International Song Festival, with music sung by BBC New Generation Artist Andrew Hamilton.

But first, our featured artist this week is the Modigliani Quartet, and we’ll begin with a live performance of César Franck’s only string quartet from Wigmore Hall in London.

1pm
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

César Franck
String Quartet in D major
Modigliani Quartet

2pm
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martijn Dendievel (conductor)

Antonin Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor)

Oxford International Song Festival:
Frederick Delius
Cyanara
Andrew Hamilton (baritone)
Michael Pandya (piano)

Sergey Rachmaninov
The Isle of the Dead
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

Richard Strauss
Don Juan
NDR Elbphilharmonie
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

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