Wayne Marshall conducts Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony

Linton Stephens presents outstanding performances from across the UK and beyond.

As part of the BBC’s collaboration with the V&A East Museum exhibition the Music is Black, Radio 3 is celebrating the music of Black British composers and artists across the week. Today's show includes a specially commissioned new work inspired by the exhibition, 'On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles', written by the film and TV composer Segun Akinola and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, alongside other great music from Black British composers and favourite classical tracks performed by Black British artists.

Linton continues his week on Classical Live with visits to Switzerland and Germany today, including music by Richard Strauss, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Leonard Bernstein. The BBC Orchestras are at centre stage too, including recent recordings of Sibelius and Dvorak from The Ulster Orchestra and music by Errollyn Wallen from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. We’ll also hear from Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble – with a highlight from their most recent studio recording.

Johan Wagenaar:
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

From the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Four African Dances, Op 58
Samuel Nebyu (violin)
Charles Abramovic (piano)

Richard Strauss:
Serenade in E flat, Op 7
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

Antonin Dvorak:
My Homeland, Op 62
Ulster Orchestra
George Jackson (conductor)

From the Dresden Music Festival, Germany
Edward Elgar:
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
Jan Vogler (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Errollyn Wallen:
Mighty River
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Dario Castello:
Sonata decima quinta a4
Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble)

From the St. Gallen Festival, Switzerland
Leonard Bernstein:
Symphony No 1 “Jeremiah”
Hadar Halevy (mezzo-soprano)
St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

Segun Akinola:
On the shoulders of aunties and uncles
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Luis Castillo-Briceño (conductor)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Nonet in F minor, Op 2
Chineke!

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