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Schubert’s last sonata in Manchester and Parry’s Songs of Farewell from Switzerland

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Schubert’s final piano sonata and Parry’s Songs of Farewell from the Netherlands Chamber Choir.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

In our final trip to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester this week, pianist Jonathan Biss performs Schubert’s exquisite final piano sonata.

We round off our mini-series this week of beloved British masterpieces with a full performance of Parry’s Songs of Farewell, recorded live in concert by the Netherlands Chamber Choir as part of last year’s Fribourg International Sacred Music Festival in Switzerland. And from a concert given the very same day across the border in Austria, Joanna Carneiro conducts the ORF Symphony Orchestra, Vienna in Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466
Mao Fujita (piano)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Ruth Reinhardt (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
Scherzo in C minor (F.A.E. Sonata)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Andrei Banciu (piano)

Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

Louise Farrenc
Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra
Joana Carneiro (conductor)

3pm
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960
Jonathan Biss (piano)

Nikolai Kapustin
Concert Study Op 40 No 1
Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano)

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Fri 25 Apr 2025 13:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

    Performer: Mao Fujita. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Ruth Reinhardt.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo in C Minor (from Sonata 'F.A.E.')

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Andrei Banciu.

  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

    Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna. Conductor: Joana Carneiro.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Fragile Earth

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.

  • Bob Chilcott

    O Radix Jesse (Advent Antiphons)

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers.
    • Man I Sing.
    • Signum.
    • 9.

  • Nikolay Kapustin

    Concert Etude, Op. 40 No. 1

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Apr 2025 13:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3