Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto

In anticipation of its 90th birthday next month, Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of exclusive recent recordings from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra including BBC New Generation Artist Alim Beisembayev performing the Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov's 3rd Symphony. Also from Scotland, chamber music highlights from this year's Lammermuir Festival, in the beautiful Scottish Lowlands.

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Oli Osman
From The South
Alex Jakeman (flute)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Jack Sheen (conductor)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Alim Beisembayev (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Tito Moñuz (conductor)

Claudio Monteverdi
Ave Maris Stella
RIAS Chamber Choir
Capella de La Torre
Robert Hollingworth (director)

From the Lammermuir Festival:
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Maxwell String Quartet:
Colin Scobie (violin)
George Smith (violin)
Eliot Perks (viola)
Duncan Strachan (cello)

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".