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Radio 3,26 Jun 2026,180 mins

Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto from Wales

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens introduces specially recorded performances from around the world, including, from close to home, highlights from the recent Hay-on-Wye festival and a much-loved concerto for the fifth regular member of the standard wind quintet, the french horn. Today's programme ends with an early masterpiece for piano and wind instruments by Beethoven, recorded in Switzerland Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of wind Instruments Members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sofi Jeannin (conductor) Joseph Haydn Symphony No.6 in D major (Le matin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jaime Martin (conductor) HAY-ON-WYE Benjamin Britten Winter Words, Op. 52 (extract) Daniel Norman (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495 Ben Goldscheider (horn) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ryan Bancroft (conductor) Jean Sibelius The Oceanides, Op. 73 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jakob Hrusa (conductor) Cesar Franck Symphony in D Minor BBC Symphony Orchestra Elena Schwarz (conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb major, Op. 16 Martin Frutiger (oboe) Fabio Di Càsola (clarinet) Mischa Greull (horn) Matthias Racz (bassoon) Martin Lucas Staub (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    Igor Stravinsky
  3. 2.
    Symphony No 6 in D major, H 1:6 'Le matin'
    Symphony No 6 in D major, H 1:6 'Le matin'
    Joseph Haydn
  4. 3.
    Trio in E minor, Op. 32 No. 2
    Trio in E minor, Op. 32 No. 2
    François René Gebauer