Performance on 3 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Christian and Tania Tetzlaff

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. From the Wigmore Hall in London, celebrated pianist Leif Ove Andsnes joins the brother-and-sister team of violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tania Tetzlaff for a programme of virtuoso chamber music. Featuring Schumann's first two piano trios, different in mood and flavour, even though they were conceived as a pair and written in quick succession in 1847. In between them comes Mozart's Trio in E, K542, written in 1788, at the zenith of the composer's powers. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tania Tetzlaff (cello) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Schumann: Piano Trio No 2 in F, Op 80 Mozart: Piano Trio in E K542 Schumann: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63 ENCORE: Schumann: Op. 56 Canonic Variations 5 & 4 Followed by a focus on Christmas music from around the world. Dumont: Jubilate Deo Charpentier: In Nativitatem Croatian Baroque Ensemble Ivan Filipovic Chamber Chorus Sasa Britvic, conductor Recording from the European Broadcasting Union Romanian Christmas Carols: V. I. Popovici: Worshipping Shepherds Sabin Gragoi: In a land of flowers Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate Rev. Iulian Carstoiu, conductor ELECTRECORD ELCD 101 Tr 14 & 15