Performance on 3 - Belcea Quartet

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the Wigmore Hall a recital of chamber music by Szymanowski and Janacek, with an excursion into the magical, childlike realm of Schumann's Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales), before Szymanowski's Songs of a Fairy Princess. The performers are the Belcea Quartet, the violinist Henning Kraggerund, the pianist Piotr Anderszewski and the soprano Iwona Sobotka. Janacek - Violin Sonata Szymanowski - Metopes Op 29 Schumann - Märchenbilder, Op 113 Szymanowski - Songs of a Fairy Princess, Op 31 Szymanowski - String Quartet No.2 Op 56 Henning Kraggerud, violin Iwona Sobotka, soprano Piotr Anderszewski, piano Belcea Quartet Followed by a preview of the 2010 Proms season, which begins on Friday Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Nicola Benedetti, violin London Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton, conductor DG 4763399 Track 2 Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs (I got me flowers; Love bade me welcome) Simon Keenlyside, baritone Graham Johnson, piano NAXOS 8557114 Handel: Endless Pleasure from Semele Renee Fleming, soprano Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Harry Bicket, conductor DECCA 4756186