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Mark Forrest brings you an afternoon of compelling exclusive concert performances including the Philharmonia Orchestra performing Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony from Budapest and piano transcriptions of Bach from Alexandre Tharaud.

Throughout the week we’re hearing from concerts given by British orchestras on tour in Europe. Today, the Philharmonia Orchestra perform Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, his epic 'Leningrad' Symphony at the George Enescu International Festival, from a concert they gave at the Palace Grand Hall in Bucharest last month. Plus the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is joined by cellist Kian Soltani for Fauré’s soulful Elegie, recorded earlier this year at the Saar International Music Festival in South West Germany.

We continue our showcase of piano transcriptions, with Alexandre Tharaud performing an imaginative and wide-ranging sequence of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, encompassing movements from the Passions and the Lute Suite in E minor.

Plus we shine our Artist Spotlight on recently graduated Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos String Quartet. Susanne Schäffer and Eszter Kruchió, violins; Sara Marzadori, viola; and Bas Jongen, cello. Today we hear them in contemporary repertoire, which is a key part of their identity as an ensemble – they perform ·¡²Ô³Ù°ù’A³¦³Ù±ð by American composer Caroline Shaw.

Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion (Opening Chorus) arr. Tharaud
Siciliano (Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV 1031) arr. Tharaud
Suite in A minor BWV.818a for keyboard
Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (St Matthew Passion) arr. Tharaud
Lute Suite in E minor, BWV996 arr. Tharaud
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Gabriel Fauré
Elégie for cello and orchestra
Kian Soltani (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Caroline Shaw
·¡²Ô³Ù°ù’A³¦³Ù±ð
Chaos String Quartet

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Leningrad'
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

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