Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto

Available for 25 days

Linton Stephens showcases outstanding performances from across the UK and Europe. Linton continues his week on Classical Live with visits to festivals in Switzerland and Denmark today, featuring performances of Josef Suk’s Piano Quintet and of Samuel Barber’s intensely emotive Adagio for Strings with conductor Wayne Marshall. Anthony Marwood joins the BBC Philharmonic for a performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto, and Vox Luminis and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra join forces in a glorious cantata by Telemann. We’ll also hear music by Shostakovich and Joan Tower from The Ulster Orchestra, and a 17th-Century nightingale flies in to sing for us in the form of Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble. Including another chance to hear Radio 3's specially commissioned new work inspired by the V&A East Museum's exhibition The Music is Black. Segun Akinola's 'On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles' pays tribute to past generations of musicians across musical genres, and is performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. From the St. Gallen Festival, Switzerland Samuel Barber: Adagio for strings St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra Wayne Marshall (conductor) From the Chamber Music at Præstø festival, Denmark Josek Suk: Piano Quintet, Op 8 Elias Holm (piano) Ludvig Gudim & Inga Våga Gaustad (violins) Michael Andreas Grolid (viola) Jonathan Swensen (cello) Segun Akinola: On the shoulders of aunties and uncles BBC National Orchestra of Wales Luis Castillo-Briceño (conductor) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 80 Anthony Marwood (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) From the Thuringia Bach Festival, Germany Georg Phillipp Telemann: Cantata: Zwei Jünger gehen nach Emmaus, TWV.1:1738 Erika Tandiono (soprano) Sophia Faltas (mezzo soprano) Vojtěch Semerád (tenor) Sebastian Myrus (bass) Vox Luminis Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Lionel Meunier (conductor) Joan Tower: Chamber Dance Ulster Orchestra George Jackson (conductor) William Grant Still: Miniatures Chineke! Tarquinio Merula: La Lusignola Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble) Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Ulster Orchestra Junping Qian (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".