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Stravinsky's Firebird from the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite performed by the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live, we have special recordings from the Perth Piano Series, held at Perth Concert Hall in Scotland. Today, Bertrand Chamayou plays music by Schumann and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performs Debussy and Scriabin’s turbulent Second Sonata.

Elizabeth also has a spotlight on the ѿý performing groups in recent concert recordings. Today, it’s the turn of the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra who we’ll hear perform three dramatic masterpieces – Hector Berlioz’s Le Carnaval Romain and Symphonie Fantastique, plus Igor Stravinsky's magical Firebird Suite given in Aberdeen and Glasgow.

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Claude Debussy
Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano)

Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No 2
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano)

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

Antonin Dvorak
String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 97
Calefax Reed Quintet

Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Hector Berlioz
Le carnaval romain
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl With the Flaxen Hair

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Sonata No 2 Op 19

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Enno Senft. Performer: Stephan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath.
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 3 in G major K.156

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (suite)

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 - Allegro non tanto, Allegro vivo

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950 - Kyrie

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: George Guest.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le carnaval Romain

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 May 2025 13:00