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Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of specially made recordings including a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a performance of Tchaikovsky's dramatic Symphony No. 5 played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Delyana Lazarova as part of a week long focus on the composer. Elsewhere in the programme, we will hear exclusive chamber highlights recorded for the programme from London's Wigmore Hall. Today, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Schubert, the ORA Singers sing Richard Allain and Libby Larsen and the Dover Quartet perform Schumann. There is also an artist spotlight on the French soprano Veronique Gens as she sings music by Hahn.

Franz Schubert
Four Impromptus, D. 899
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Richard Allain
If Music Be The Food Of Love
ORA Singers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova (conductor)

Reynaldo Hahn
Trois jours de vendange; Etudes latines: Néère; Rondels: Le printemps
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Susan Manoff (piano)

Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
Dover Quartet

Libby Larsen
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
ORA Singers

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Jan 202613:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

    Performer: Rafael Butaru. Performer: Mircea Grigore Lazăr. Performer: Tamara Dica. Performer: Zsombor Lázár. Performer: István Csata. Performer: Raluca Enea. Ensemble: SEMPRE baroque music ensemble.

  • Franz Schubert

    Four Impromptus, D.899

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.

  • Richard Allain

    If Music Be The Food Of Love

    Choir: ORA Singers.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Delyana Lazarova.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Trois jours de vendange; Etudes latines: Néère; Rondels: Le printemps

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Véronique Gens.

  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1

    Ensemble: Dover Quartet.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande, from 'Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010'

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Totus Tuus

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • Music of the Twentieth Century.
    • Signum-Cala.
    • 17.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes No.1 and No. 2

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Corinna Niemeyer.

  • Libby Larsen

    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

    Choir: ORA Singers.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Jan 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3