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The Takács Quartet

A regular visitor to the festival, The Takács Quartet returns to the Queen's Hall to perform music by Haydn, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Ravel.

The Takács Quartet returns to the Edinburgh International Festival to perform a live recital that begins with Haydn. The Opus 77 quartets were written in Haydn’s late sixties and sum up his particular style and mastery of a form that he'd shaped for decades. Two works by student composers follow; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lushly romantic character sketches written during his studies at the Royal College of Music in London and Ravel’s lyrical String Quartet dedicated to his teacher, Gabriel Faure.

Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op 77 No 2
Coleridge-Taylor: 5 Fantasiestücke Op.5

11:55
Interval: Delibes - Coppelia Suite, in a recording by the Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Eugene Ormandy

12:15
Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Takács Quartet

Presenter: Donald MacLeod
Producer: Laura Metcalfe

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Aug 2022 11:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet In F Major Op.77 No.2

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiestucke Op.5

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia Suite

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakme - Opera In 3 Acts ; Act 1, No.2; Sous Le Dome Epais (Flower Duet)

    Performer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Quartet In F Major

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76, Overture: Larghetto, Allegro & Minuet

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day.
    • Linn.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Chorus: From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony

    Choir: Polish Radio Choir. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day.
    • Linn.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76: March

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day.
    • Linn.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Aug 2022 11:00
    BBC Radio 3