³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra Prom plus chamber music from the Cheltenham Festival
Current ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Generation Artists at this year’s Cheltenham Festival plus the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales and Ryan Wigglesworth at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms, introduced by Elizabeth Alker
Today's Classical Live includes another chance to hear Ryan Wigglesworth's recent Prom conducting the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a feast of English music including highlights from Britten's 1953 Coronation opera Gloriana, all about the fraught relationship between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. The programme also includes Cheryl Frances-Hoad's new climate-themed Cello Concerto and Elgar's magnificent Symphony No. 2 in E flat major.
To start today’s Classical Live, there will be exclusively recorded performances from the Cheltenham Festival. Violinist Geneva Lewis and pianist Llŷr Williams perform Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia and pianist Naoko Sonoda perform Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel.
Additionally there will be music by composer Charles Gounod in a Radio France tribute to the late Belgian opera singer, Jodie Devos.
Charles Gounod
Ballet, excerpts from Act 5 of 'Faust' 
Orchestre National de France
Jesko Sirvend (conductor)
From the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2024:
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 ‘Regensonate’ 
Geneva Lewis (violin)
LlÅ·r Williams (piano)
Arvo Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Santiago Canon-Valencia (cello)
Naoko Sonoda (piano)
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ PROMS
(first broadcast live on 26th July 2024)
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana – Symphonic Suite
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Cello Concerto, ‘Earth, Sea, Air’
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
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Charles Gounod
3 Dances from Faust (Act 5 Ballet)
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jesko Sirvend. -
Arvo Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Performer: Santiago Cañón-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda. -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No 1 in G major, Op 78
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. -
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana - symphonic suite
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Cello Concerto, 'Earth, Sea, Air'
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
John Dowland
M. John Langtons Pavan (Lachrimae, or Seven Tears)
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Dowland - Lachrimae.
- Warner Classics.
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Broadcast
- Mon 29 Jul 2024 13:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3