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Mozart, Arvo Pärt and Sibelius from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms

Linton Stephens showcases highlights from great international summer music festivals including the Britten Sinfonia from the Proms and former New Generation Artists in Cheltenham.

Linton Stephens showcases highlights from great international summer music festivals including the Britten Sinfonia from the Proms and former New Generation Artists in Cheltenham.

Throughout the week, we will feature highlights from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2025. In today's programme, Britten Sinfonia and conductor Tess Jackson perform Sibelius’s ravishing Rakastava, Arvo Pärt’s cult concerto for two violins Tabula Rasa, plus we will hear the first from Mozart’s final great trilogy of symphonies which formed part of a glittering final flourish in his career.

Elsewhere, performances from the recent Cheltenham Music Festival, including former R3 New Generation artists, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, playing music by Schumann, accordionist Ryan Corbett performing Rachmaninov, and tenor Santiago Sanchez singing Beethoven's only song cycle.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Britten Sinfonia
Tess Jackson (conductor)

Jean Sibelius
Rakastava
Britten Sinfonia
Tess Jackson (conductor)

Robert Schumann
Sonata No. 1 in F# Minor, Op. 11
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)

Sergei Rachmaninov (arr. Corbett)
Volalise
Ryan Corbett (accordion)

Arvo Pärt
Tabula rasa
Zoë Beyers (violin/director)
Miranda Dale (viola)
Britten Sinfonia
Tess Jackson (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
Santiago Sanchez (tenor)
Victoria Guerrero (piano)

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8 days left to listen

2 hours, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E flat

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Zoë Beyers.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Rakastava

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Zoë Beyers.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    °­´Ç²Ô³ú±ð°ù³Ù²õ³Ùü³¦°ì

    Performer: Ryan Corbett. Music Arranger: Ryan Corbett.
  • Robert Schumann

    Sonata no 1 in F# minor, op 11

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
  • Joaquín Turina

    Poema en forma de canciones, op 10

    Performer: Victoria Guerrero. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Ryan Corbett. Music Arranger: Ryan Corbett.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Tabula rasa

    Performer: Zoë Beyers. Performer: Miranda Dale. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Zoë Beyers.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor for piano and wind, Op 40

    Performer: Stuttgarter Bläserquintett. Performer: Gitti Pirner.
    • SWR Digital.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98

    Performer: Victoria Guerrero. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Aug 2025 13:00