Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper piano Schubert Four Impromptus D899, Op.90 (30') Schubert Four Impromptus D935, Op.142 (40') Imogen Cooper is the leading Schubert interpreter of our time. Her performances of the Impromptus are celebrated for their poise, unsentimental and direct emotional impact, and a tender singing quality. Imogen Cooper retires from public...
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips & Daniel Hyde conductors Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Kyrie and Gloria) Lassus Media vita Gombert Media vita Lassus Musica dei donum Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Credo) Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Sanctus and Agnus) Lassus Timor et tremor Palestrina Tribulationes civitatum Byrd Tribulationes civitatum Byrd Vigilate Byrd’s simple, unshowy Mass for Five...
Mozart & Handel
BBC Singers Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Daniel Hyde conductor Mozart Mass in C minor Handel Dixit Dominus This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 The BBC Singers' performances as part of CMF in recent years have received high praise from audiences and press, with The Times describing...
Schubert: String Quintet
Danel Quartet Petr Prause cello Weinberg String Quartet No.7 Schubert String Quintet The Danel Quartet are celebrated interpreters of Schubert and Russian repertoire, as they demonstrated last year in the astonishing ensemble, lyricism, intensity, and rhythmic drive of their Shostakovich cycle. They return to CMF with a programme of equal...
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin piano Weinberg Piano Sonata No.5 Chopin Piano Sonata No.2 Enescu Carillon nocturne Debussy Images (Book 2) Earl Wild 7 virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs Hamelin is renowned for a virtuosity and technical command ‘that borders on the supernatural’ (Seattle Times). But to focus solely on his brilliance at the keyboard is to miss the...
Jasdeep Singh Degun Quintet
Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar Kaviraj Singh santoorKirpal Panesar esrajGurdain Rayatt tablaHarkiret Singh Bahra tabla North Indian classical Raag Jasdeep Singh Degun Rageshi, Mahogany, Veer/Lament CMF has specially curated this one-off performance with a quintet of the UK’s finest North Indian classical musicians led by Jasdeep Singh Degun, already a...