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In Tune - 19/03/2009 Royal String Quartet and William Butt

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Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Former BBC New Generation Artists, the Royal String Quartet, perform music in the studio by their Polish compatriots Szymanowski and Rozycki. They talk to Petroc about their UK tour and the annual Kwartesencja Festival which they set up in Warsaw in 2004. Ahead of performances of all six of Bach's Cello Suites at St John's Smith Square, London, William Butt plays Bach and Britten in the studio. 17:02 LIVE MOZART Quartet for strings no. 20 in D major K.499 (Menuetto) Royal String Quartet 3’05 17:06 CHOPIN 3 Mazurkas for piano (Op.59) (No.1 in A minor) Piotr Anderszewski (piano) VIRGIN 7243 5 45620 2 0 Track 1 4’10 17:15 LIVE SZYMANOWSKI String Quartet No.2 (Vivace Scherzando) 3’45 17:26 LIVE ROZYCKI String Quartet in D minor Op. 49 (Allegro) (extract) 2’54 17:29 BACH Prelude and fugue in G, BWV 541 Lionel Rogg (organ) EMI 2642892 CD 2 Tracks 3-4 7’29 17:38 BRUCKNER Virga Jesse floruit Polyphony Stephen Layton (conductor) HYPERION CDA 67629 Track 12 3’49 17:42 HAYDN Concerto in F major hob. VIIh:5 for two recorders, strings and two horns Daniel Rothert, Philip Spätling (recorders) Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) NAXOS 8.570481 Track 13-15 12’26 17:56 STRAVINSKY Circus Polka London Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) RCA 09026 688652 Track 2 3’24 18:03 HANDEL Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus) English Chamber Orchestra and Choir Raymond Leppard (conductor) WARNER 2564 69283-5 Track 20 4’00 18:08 BRITTEN Occasional Overture, Op.8 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI 2427462 CD 2 Track 8 7’12 18:15 LIVE BACH Suite No1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude) William Butt (cello) 2’33 18:25 LIVE BRITTEN Britten suite No 2 opus 80 (Declamato) William Butt (cello) 3’25 18:34 LIVE BACH Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Courante) William Butt (cello) 4’00 18:39 GRIEG Three Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar, op.56 Malmö Symphony Orchestra Bjarte Engeset (conductor) NAXOS 8.557991 Trackr 24-26 16’21