Beethoven’s Eroica

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.

It’s a BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra takeover today. Classical Live opens with Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, with Ryan Wigglesworth doing the honours; we’ll hear Mozart’s Incidental Music for Thamos, King of Egypt, performed with Ludovic Morlot; and finally, Bomsori Kim is the soloist with Wigglesworth conducting the BBCSSO in a performance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, filling today’s Romantic violin concerto slot.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op 55 'Eroica'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, King of Egypt: Incidental Music, K345
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

Jean SIbelius
Violin Concerto
Bomsori Kim (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

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