Classical Live

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Classical Live: Linton Stephens with specially recorded music from home and abroad

Linton Stephens with specially recorded music from home and abroad

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Live, Linton Stephens with specially recorded music from home and abroad

An afternoon of specially recorded music from home and abroad.

Linton Stephens showcases unique recordings of performances from the UK and beyond, including string quartet music from the Engegard Quartet from LSO St Luke's.

Music inspired by the sun dominates today's programme introduced by Linton Stephens including a performance from the Engegard String Quartet of Haydn's 'Sunrise' quartet made recently as part of a series of concerts from LSO St Luke's in London. The programme also features music-making from South Korea including one of the most monumental sunrises in all music - the Symphony Orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System perform Richard Strauss's Nietzschean-inspired 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'.   

Carl Nielsen 
Helios Overture Op. 17 
Orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System 
Shiyeon Sung, conductor 

Johann Sebastian Bach 
French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV. 813 
Alim Beisembayev, piano 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo für zwei Jäger 
(an arrangement for brass of the Horn Concerto No 4 K. 495 - Rondo Finale) 
Frankfurt Radio Brass 

Frederick Delius 
Florida Suite – I. “Daybreak” 
BBC Concert Orchestra 
Branwell Tovey, conductor  

Joseph Bologne 
Sinfonie Concertante  in Bb major Op. 6 No. 2 
Midori Sugiyama, violin 
Lisa Obert, violin 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 
Jack Sheen, conductor 

Sergei Prokofiev
Love For Three Oranges (Suite) 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard, conductor 

From LSO St Luke's

Joseph Haydn 
Quartet in Bb Op. 76 No. 4  ‘Sunrise’ 
Engegard Quartet 

3pm 
Richard Strauss 
Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30 
Symphony Orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System 
Christian Reif, conductor 

George Dyson
Three Songs of Praise – II. A Poet’s Hymn 
Marcus Farnsworth, baritone 
Alasdair Beatson, piano 

Ruth Gipps
Jane Grey Fantasy for viola and orchestra Op. 15 
Scott Dickinson, viola 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
Teresa Riveiro Bohm, conductor

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