Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker live from Wigmore Hall

Mark Forrest showcases exclusive performances including Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker music live from Wigmore Hall with pianist Simon Trpčeski, and a series of recent recordings from the Continent featuring British orchestras abroad. Presented by Mark Forrest.

The week begins with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall given by pianist Simon Trpčeski, who has put together a programme of dance-related music for piano by Ravel and Tchaikovsky.

Throughout the week we’re hearing from concerts given by British orchestras on tour in Europe. Today, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play Berlioz from a concert given earlier this year at the Saar International Music Festival in South West Germany, and Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Szymanowski’s 2nd Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing in Warsaw.

Plus we shine our Artist Spotlight on current Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos String Quartet. Today we hear them play Mozart’s String Quartet No. 17, nicknamed ‘The Hunt’.

1pm
Live from Wigmore Hall, London; presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op. 37a: October (Autumn song)
Dumka, Op. 59

Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arr. Pletnev
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Simon Trpčeski (piano)

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Hector Berlioz
Le Carnaval Romain
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No.17 in B flat major, 'The Hunt'
Chaos String Quartet

Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Vadim Gluzman (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)

Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen’s Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)

Marco Uccellini
Aria Sopra La Bergamasca, Op. 3 No. 5
Chaos String Quartet

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