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Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

String quartet music specially recorded at the East Neuk Festival in Scotland plus violinist Augustin Hadelich playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in Germany.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances in specially made recordings of orchestras, choirs, ensembles from Europe and around the globe.

We end our week spent in the company of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with a pair of much-loved orchestral works. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s joyful Violin Concerto, and Berlioz’s groundbreaking Symphonie Fantastique shows off the orchestra at its most vivid. Plus we hear the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Stravinsky’s Firebird suite.

And we take leave of the picturesque coastline of Fife and this summer’s East Neuk Festival with another chamber highlight from the event, the Belcea Quartet playing Mozart’s ‘Hoffmeister’ string quartet.

1pm
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle (conductor)

Ervin T. Rouse
Orange Blossom Special
Augustin Hadelich (violin)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D major’ K.499 ‘Hoffmeister’
Belcea Quartet

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova (conductor)

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti, ZWV 187
Zefiro
Alfredo Bernardini (director)

Emilie Mayer arr. Julian Riem
Overture to Faust, Op. 47
Daniel Dodds (violin)
Raphaela Gromes (piano)
Duo Tal and Groethuysen (piano)

Hector Berlioz
Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

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Fri 24 Oct 2025 13:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle.

  • Ervin Rouse

    Orange Blossom Special

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in D major, K.499 'Hoffmeister'

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (1919)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Delyana Lazarova.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti, ZWV 187

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Overture to Faust, Op. 46

    Performer: Daniel Dodds. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Yaara Tal. Performer: Andreas Groethuysen. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Haydn Wood

    Roses of Picardy

    Performer: Stephen Higgins. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Wood: Roses of Picardy.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem No. 3)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Oct 2025 13:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3