Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert - Fiddlefest 2 ... with strings attached ... - Episode 4

Sean Rafferty concludes a series of programmes from Fiddlefest 2, the chamber music festival recorded in 2009 at Christ Church, Londonderry in Northern Ireland. After performances of Mozart's Sonata in G, K301, and Schubert's Quartettsatz, the members of the Brodsky and Badke Quartets come together for the festival finale - a performance of Mendelssohn's Octet for strings. The work was written when the composer was only 16, and it remains the only significant masterpiece for string octet. Mozart: Violin Sonata in G, K301 Alexandra Soumm (violin) Julien Quentin (piano) Schubert: Quartettsatz Brodsky Quartet Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat, Op 20 Brodsky Quartet: Daniel Rowland, Ian Belton (violins) Paul Cassidy (viola) Jacqueline Thomas (cello) Badke Quartet: Heather Badke, Emma Parker (violins) Jon Thorne (viola) Jonathan Byers (cello).