Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making. Today, there is a continuation of the week-long focus on the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor Patrick Hahn joins the orchestra in a performance of Dvořák's dynamic and powerful Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World" and soprano Sunyoung Seo sings Wagner's Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde. Also in the programme, chamber music composed by Ravel and Haydn. The Takacs Quartet play Haydn's String Quartet in C major, Ensemble Sésame play Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra play Haydn's Divertimento in E flat. Plus the artists in focus are renowned Dutch piano duo, Lucas and Arthur Jussen who perform Mendelssohn's Concerto for Two Pianos in E with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for Two Pianos in E, MWV 5
Jussen Piano Duo
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon, (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op. 54, No. 2
Takacs Quartet

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Patrick Hahn (conductor)

Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor
Ensemble Sésame

Joseph Haydn
Divertimento in E flat, Hob. XIV:1
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Richard Wagner
Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde
Sunyoung Seo (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Nieman (conductor)

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