Live from London's Wigmore Hall

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a live concert from London's Wigmore Hall with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. In their programme, Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata which was composed in 1949, the year after he was denounced by the Soviet authorities for deviating from the state’s narrow artistic ideology. Plus they will play Brahms' dark and introspective Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38. Inspired by Bach, it balances lyric warmth with rigorous counterpoint.
Elsewhere in the programme, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 'Winter Daydreams' is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martin Brabbins as part of a week long exploration of Tchaikovsky symphonies. We will also hear past highlights of chamber music recorded for Classical Live from Wigmore Hall. Today, the ORA Singers sing Jaakko Mantyjarvi, and Veronique Gens performs music by Reynaldo Hahn.

Live from Wigmore Hall, introduced by Petroc Trelawny

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38

Sergey Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C Op. 119

Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

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With Elizabeth Alker:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 'Winter Daydreams'
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martin Brabbins (conductor)

Jaakko Mantyjarvi
Four Shakespeare Songs
- Come Away, Come Away Death
- Lullaby
- Double, double toil and trouble
- Full Fathom Five
ORA Singers

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Daniel Lozakovich (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Reynaldo Hahn
Le rossignol des lilas
Séraphine; Paysage
Les cygnes
Aimons-nous!
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Susan Manoff (piano)

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