ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

Available for 16 days

Linton Stephens showcases an afternoon of specially recorded performances from the UK and from around the globe. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra are our ensemble in focus this week, with music stretching from music Haydn to Prokofiev. The programme opens with Richard Strauss’s extravagant tone poem depicting the folk prankster Till Eulenspiegel, and later in the programme we’ll also hear Rachmaninov’s trio of Symphonic Dances. We’re also spending time all week at this year’s East Neuk Festival, which took place in June on the picturesque Fife coast. Two superb string groups – the Belcea and Castalian Quartets – join forces for Mendelssohn’s ebullient Octet. And there’s a highlight from this year’s George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, with Polish pianist Jan Lisiecki joining the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Sebastian Weigle (conductor) Felix Mendelssohn Octet, Op. 20 Belcea Quartet Castalian Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Jan Lisiecki (piano) Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields Leokadiya Kashperova Night ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers Hilary Campbell (conductor) Gustave Samazeuilh Prelude (Suite in G Minor) Chiyan Wong (piano) Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Petr Popelka (conductor) Jean Sibelius Andante Festivo Belcea Quartet Castalian Quartet Elias Quartet Pavel Haas Quartet To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play Classical Live".