Vox Luminis live from Wigmore Hall

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

The week begins with a live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall, given by renowned Baroque vocal group Vox Luminis, who, along with the Freiburg Baroque Consort, perform music by three members of the Bach dynasty. Included in today's concert is Johann Sebastian’s Wedding Cantata, BVW196.

Throughout the week, we are spending time in the spectacular Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, with a series of recordings made in the eye-catching 2017 concert hall, a cube of glass perched atop a redbrick cocoa factory in the middle of the River Elbe. Today, Sakari Oramo conducts the hall's resident ensemble, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, in music by Verdi and Elgar.

1pm
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Introduced by Hannah French.

Heinrich Bach
Sonata in C

Johann Christoph Bach
Die Furcht des Herren

Heinrich Schütz
Siehe wie fein und lieblich, SWV48

Johann Christoph Bach
Meine Freundin, du bist schön

Johann Sebastian Bach
Der Herr denket an uns 'Wedding Cantata', BWV196

Vox Luminis
Freiburg Baroque Consort
Lionel Meunier (conductor)

2pm
Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del Destino (Overture)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in B flat, K. 333
Anne Queffélec (piano)

Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Franz Schubert
Du bist die Ruh’
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Sasha Maisky (violin)
Lily Maisky (piano)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live'.