Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a performance of Tchaikovsky's majestic Symphony No. 3, nicknamed 'Polish'. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alpesh Chauhan, the symphony is included as part of a week-long celebration of the composer.

Elsewhere in the programme, we will hear exclusive chamber music recorded at London's Wigmore Hall. Today, the Dover Quartet perform Mendelssohn, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Brahms and the ORA Singers sing Philip Dutton. There is also an artist spotlight on the French soprano Veronique Gens as she sings music by Henri Duparc.

Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage; Chanson triste
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Susan Manoff (piano)

Felix Mendelssohn
Quartet No.4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2, 3rd mvt, Andante
Dover Quartet

Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance no.1
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 3 ‘Polish’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

Philip Dutton
Time's Scythe
ORA Singers

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say, 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live'.