Tchaikovsky’s 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 Schumann’s Second Symphony with conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, and Prokofiev’s Autumnal Sketch and Sixth Symphony with conductor Mihhail Gerts.

The final Romantic Violin Concerto this week is Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto performed by Vadim Gluzman; other performances today will include further highlights from Piotr Anderszewski’s piano recital at the 2025 Change Music Festival.

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Sergei Prokofiev
Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mihhail Gerts (conductor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Vadim Gluzman (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)

Gustav Holst
Invocation, for cello and piano
Jesper Svedberg (cello)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

Johannes Brahms:
Intermezzo in C# minor, Op. 117/3
Intermezzo in Eb, Op. 119/4
Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 117/2
Intermezzo in Eb minor, Op. 118/6
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mihhail Gerts (conductor)

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