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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra are our ensemble in focus this week, with Sebastian Berner joining them as soloist in Haydn’s beloved Trumpet Concerto today. We’re also spending time all week in the picturesque East Neuk of Fife, hearing music recorded specially for us at the East Neuk Festival in June. Today, the Belcea Quartet play one of Beethoven’s late, great quartets, and principal clarinettist of the London Symphony Orchestra Sergio Pres is joined by violist Emma Wernig and pianist Chiyan Wong for music by Robert Schumann. Plus we’re back in Bucharest with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields playing Prokofiev’s First Symphony, nicknamed the ‘Classical’, from their recent concert at the at the George Enescu International Festival. 1pm Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major Sebastian Berner (trumpet) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Alain Altinoglu (conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 Belcea Quartet Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, ‘Classical’ Academy of St Martin in the Fields Francesca Caccini Sinfonia and Bergamasca Capella de la Torre Katharina Bauml (director) Dorothy Howell Lamia ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen, Op.132 Sergio Pires (clarinet) Emma Wernig (viola) Chiyan Wong (piano) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play Classical Live".