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 music recorded at 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
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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