Saint-Saëns's Second Piano Concerto

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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. This week Classical Live has a distinctively French flavour, as we explore the concertos of Saint-Saëns, and chamber works by the likes of Fauré and Debussy; we’ll also turn our attention to France’s famous musical brothers, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon. On today’s programme, we have highlights from the Radio France Occitanie Montpellier Festival, including Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 played by one of today’s leading young soloists, Marie-Ange Nguci; and violinist Anastasia Kobekina is at Wigmore Hall, playing Fauré’s First Violin Sonata. Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Marie-Ange Nguci, piano Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill Karabits, conductor Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Renaud Capucon, conductor Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill Karabits, conductor Gabriel Fauré Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 1 Anastasia Kobekina (cello) Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula (piano) Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20 Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Mikko Franck, conductor George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Alain Altinoglu, piano & direction Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Claude Debussy (arr. Erich Leinsdorf) Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Daniel Harding, conductor