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Throughout the week, Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of compelling performances from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in their 90th anniversary year and shines a spotlight on violin concertos of the Romantic era. There’s also music from Sweden, including recitals by Piotr Anderszewski, the Swedish Radio Choir and the 2025 Change Music Festival.

On today’s Classical Live we’ll hear Arabella Steinbacher and the KBS Symphony Orchestra, with Pietari Inkinen performing the most romantic of the Romantic violin concertos – Bruch’s First.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Ryan Wigglesworth perform Bruckner’s monumental Seventh Symphony; and under the baton of Elim Chan we’ll hear their performance of Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte.

Today’s Swedish Chamber festival recording is a string quartet by the Polish composer and violinist Grażyna Bacewicz; and, after having heard Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony yesterday, Elizabeth has located Alexander Gadjiev’s performance of Beethoven’s 15 Variations and a Fugue on a Theme from Prometheus in E-flat, Op.35 (Eroica Variations).

Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
15 Variations and a Fugue on a Theme from Prometheus in E-flat, Op.35 (Eroica Variations)
Alexander Gadjiev (piano)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 7 in E major
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Grażyna Bacewicz
String Quartet No 4
Malin Broman (violin)
Annabelle Meare (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Jesper Svedberg (cello)

Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan (conductor)

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