Korngold Violin Concerto

Throughout the week, Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of compelling performances from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in their 90th anniversary year and shines a spotlight on violin concertos of the Romantic era. There’s also music from Sweden, including recitals by Piotr Anderszewski, the Swedish Radio Choir and the 2025 Change Music Festival.

On today’s Classical Live, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s 24th Piano Concerto with soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja and conductor Ludovic Merlot and also Gemma New conducts the orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5 from Edinburgh’s Usher Hall in May this year.

From the Swedish chamber music festival 2025 Music for Change, Elizabeth has Dvorak’s A Major Piano Quintet; plus Elizabeth has a selection of music from the 100th birthday celebrations of the Swedish Radio Choir.

Today’s Romantic violin concerto comes from Korngold and features violinist Veronika Eberle with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; and with advent approaching, there’s also time for a fitting Bach Cantata - performed by Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir and the Hallgrím's Church Choir in Reykjavík last December.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto 24 in C minor, K491
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Merlot (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir (soprano)
Hallgrím's Church Choir
Brák Baroque Ensemble
Steinar Logi Helgason (conductor)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
Veronika Eberle (violin)
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti (conductor)

Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet in A, Op 81
Malin Broman (violin)
Annabelle Meare (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Jesper Svedberg (cello)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth

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