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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)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • 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.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jul 2024 13:00