Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a performance of Tchaikovsky's dramatic and passionate Manfred Symphony. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Semyon Bychkov, 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, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Brahms and the ORA Singers sing music by John Bennet and Jonathan Dove. There will also be two folk inspired orchestral works from the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Jakub Hrůša - Dvořák's The Wild Dove and Kodály's Dances of Galánta.

Antonín Dvořák
The Wild Dove, Op. 110, symphonic poem
Vienna Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
7 Hungarian Dances
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

John Bennet
All creatures now are merry minded
ORA Singers

Jonathan Dove
Sweet are the uses of adversity
ORA Singers

Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Vienna Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

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