The BBC Scottish Tour the Proms in Seoul and the Belcea Quartet at 30

Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of exclusive recordings including highlights from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s recent tour to South Korea. Today a homage to Beethoven from one of South Korea’s foremost composers, Unsuk Chin, and the first half of a “Last Night of the Proms” given at the end of 2024 at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul by the orchestra with conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and South Korean baritone Taehan Kim. Also in today’s Classical Live Elizabeth marks 30 years of the Belcea Quartet with a specially made recording of Mendelssohn’s celebrated Octet performed with the Ebéne Quartet.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in Eb major, Op. 20
Ebéne Quartet
Belcea Quartet

(The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Seoul)
Unsuk Chin
Subito con forza
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

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(BBC Proms 2024 Korea: Last Night of the Proms, Pt. 1)
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser - “O! du mein holder Abendstern”
Gustav Mahler (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - “Ich hab' ein gluhend Messer”
Taehan Kim (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

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Antonin Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104
Truls Mørk (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Tabita Berglund (conductor)

Guiseppe Verdi
Don Carlos - “Ah! je meurs”
Erich von Korngold
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 - “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen”
Taehan Kim (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)