Wednesday - Fountains of Rome

Tom McKinney with the best classical music performed by BBC ensembles and orchestras across Europe.

Liszt’s Second is today's Romantic piano concerto – with Alice Sara Ott in the soloist’s hot seat. Also, a Mendelssohn overture from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, a Strauss horn concerto from Madrid, a Corelli Concerto Grosso from the Netherlands Bach Society and Respighi's Fountains of Rome from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Plus, there’s Baroque vocal music from Capella Marianna in Prague and a highlight from last year’s London International Festival of Early Music.

Including:

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, op.26 “Fingal’s Cave”
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat
José Chanza (horn) / RTVE Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Martinu: Na msu svatú zvonijú / Ave Maria [The Plays of Mary]
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukas Vasilek (conductor)

Byrd: Ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

c.3pm
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor)

Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op.6/4
Lucie Horsch (recorder)
Lidewij van der Voort (violin)
Siebe Henstra (harpsichord)
Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Respighi - Fountains of Rome
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)