Classical Live

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Specially recorded music from BBC performing groups, the EBU and more.

Showcasing the best performances from the UK and beyond, recorded by the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union.

Classical Live: Music making from Denmark and the BBC Singers

Music making from Denmark and the BBC Singers

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Live, Music making from Denmark and the BBC Singers

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including recordings from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. 

Today, a performance of Brahms's fourth symphony from the Copenhagen-based Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste, plus the Scandanavian violinist Johan Dalene performs Beethoven's ' Spring' Sonata, plus more from the BBC Singers.  

Frank Bridge
Christmas Dance “Sir Roger de Coverley”
BBC Concert Orchestra 
David Hill (conductor)

Witold Lutoslawski
Dance Preludes
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Martin Klett (piano)

Cecilia McDowall
O nata lux
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

Cimarosa arr. Olafsson
Sonata No. 42 in D minor
Vikingur Olafsson (piano)

Joseph Haydn
Quartet in C 
Danish String Quartet

John Foulds
Holiday Sketches
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven 
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 ('Spring')
Johan Dalene (violin)
Fumiya Koido (piano)

2.30pm

Johannes Brahms 
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

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