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The BBC Radio 3 Broadcasts have begun!
25 August 2008
Don't miss your chance to re-tune into some of the most talked about concerts in Festival 08.
See below for the list of BBC Radio 3 Broadcasts scheduled to air this week. All concerts are also available to Listen Again at bbc.co.uk/radio3
ON AIR: Tuesday 26 August at 1pm - The Ysaÿe Quartet
The first Queen's Hall concert for Festival 08 features the musicians who made an outstanding debut in Festival 07. Listen again to The Ysaÿe Quartet play a beautifully varied programme of string quartet masterpieces from Haydn, Szymanowski, Stravinsky and Debussy.
‘This is a magical group, of great artistry and sublime craftsmanship,
whose superior technique and versatility of style
coloured everything in their superb programme.'
The Herald, Michael Tumelty
ON AIR: Wednesday 27 August at 1pm - Paul Meyer (clarinet) & Eric Le Sage (piano)
Hear French clarinettist Paul Meyer, accompanied by Eric Le Sage perform a complete recital of clarinet music including two of Brahms' substantial sonatas and Martinu's Sonatina and Lutoslawski's miniature Dance Preludes.
‘his flirtatious performances ... engaged all that is wild and folksy about this music'
The Scotsman, Kenneth Walton
ON AIR: Thursday 28 August at 1pm - Gabriela Montero (piano)
Return to experience Venezuelan classical pianist Gabriela Montero's morning recital of Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann and Liszt. Don't miss this improvisational virtuoso enthral the audience with her encore of Flower of Scotland, intoned for her benefit by the crowd.
‘Montero is an engaging stage presence'
Scotland on Sunday, Sarah Urwin Jones
ON AIR: Friday 29 August at 1pm - Keith Lewis (tenor) and Melvyn Tan (piano)
Listen to the experienced pairing of tenor Keith Lewis and pianist Melvyn Tan perform Beethoven's song cycle An die ferne Geliebte, as well as songs by Liszt, Janacek and Reynaldo Hahn's gossamer-light L'Air.
‘Lewis sang with sensitivity and intelligence, matched in every respect by the talents of Melvyn Tan, a superb soloist in his own right.'
The Scotsman, Susan Nickalls
