Afternoon on 3 - Austrian Performing Groups - Episode 1

Louise Fryer is helped by two of Britain's leading chamber musicians, Peter Cropper and Simon Rowland-Jones, to present a season of Haydn String Quartets. Including the Opus 20 set - considered to have virtually defined the genre - which has been specially recorded by the Quatuor Mosaiques. Plus a focus on some of Austria's pre-eminent performing groups. 2.10pm Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 20, No 1 Quatuor Mosaiques Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 20, No 4 Quatuor Mosaiques 3.05pm A sequence of arias by Haydn and Mozart, including: Haydn: Fra un dolce deliro (L'isola disabitata) Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio, K418 Patricia Petibon (soprano) Concentus Musicus, Vienna Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director) 3.45pm Brett Dean: Sextet for piano and Winds (Polysomnography) Ensemble Wien-Berlin 4.15pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Midori (violin) Linz Bruckner Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies (conductor).