Performing Miracles
Discover a performing miracle with outstanding moments from Radio 3's live concerts.
Joseph Davies: The Shortest Day (Premiere: Aberfan Commemoration Concert)
With the BBC NOW and Chorus conducted by Sian Edwards.
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
With Alina Ibragimova (violin) and the LSO conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
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Liszt: Sonata in B minor
With Melvyn Tan (piano), live from Wigmore Hall.
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto
With Jennifer Pike (violin) and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Ben Gernon.
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Reubke: Fugue from the Sonata on the 94th Psalm
With Gillian Weir (organ). Archive live recording from the Royal Festival Hall, 2001.
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Paganini: Caprice No.5
With Thomas Gould (violin). Recorded live at Kings Place, London.
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Harris: Faire is the Heaven (Choral Evensong 90th Anniversary)
With the Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O'Donnell.
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Happy Birthday to Radio 3
Sing Happy Birthday with Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Trad. arr Chilcott: Montagnard
With the BBC Singers conducted by Bob Chilcott. Live from Southbank Centre.
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Beethoven: 'Rasumovsky' Quartet in E minor Op.52, No.2
With the Danish String Quartet, live at Queen's Hall Edinburgh.
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Schumann: Piano Concerto
With Martha Argerich (piano) and the RPO conducted by Charles Dutoit.
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Proms Encore – Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin
Christian Thielemann brings the Staatskapelle Dresden's Prom to an exciting climax.
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George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice'
Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel’s 'The king shall rejoice'.
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Proms Encore: Nikolaj Znaider plays Bach
Nikolaj Znaider encores with the Largo from J S Bach’s Violin Sonata No.3 in C.
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Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden.
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Proms Encore – Trifonov plays Prokofiev
Daniil Trifonov taps into his Russian roots with the Gavotte from Prokofiev's Cinderella.
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Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (4th Movement)
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 (4th movement – Toccata – The Little Train of the Caipira)
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
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Julian Anderson: Incantesimi
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the world premiere of Incantesimi by Julian Anderson.
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Béla Bartók: Three Village Scenes
Ensemble Intercontemporain and the BBC Singers perform Bartók’s Three Village Scenes.
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Proms Encore – Johann Paul von Westhoff: Imitazione delle Campane
With Baiba Skride (violin)
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Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor (3rd movement)
With the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Philippe Jordan.
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Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony (I/II Night and Sunrise)
Strauss’s epic Alpine Symphony performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Hans Abrahamsen: let me tell you
With Barbara Hannigan and the CBSO conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
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