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Radio 3,29 Oct 2026,180 mins

Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens presents an afternoon of concert performances, beginning in the port town of New Ross in County Wexford, Ireland. Pianist Anna Fedorova performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a musical promenade around a gallery of his friend’s paintings. Ben Gernon conducts Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with soloist Jennifer Pike. And this week's conductor focus turns to German born Anja Bihlmaier, directing the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Emilie Mayer's 5th Symphony. New Ross Piano Festival: Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Anna Fedorova (piano) Max Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Jennifer Pike (violin) Ben Gernon (conductor) Elzbieta Sikora Five miniatures BBC Symphony Orchestra Elena Schwarz (conductor) Emilie Meyer Symphony No 5 (sometimes credited as No 7) BBC Philharmonic Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Modest Mussorgsky
  3. 2.
    The Gadfly (Romance)
    The Gadfly (Romance)
    Dmitry Shostakovich
  4. 3.
    How sweet the answer; At the mid hour of night; Ca' the yowes; I wonder as I wander
    How sweet the answer; At the mid hour of night; Ca' the yowes; I wonder as I wander
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