Tchaikovsky's Polish Symphony from the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a performance of Tchaikovsky's majestic Symphony No. 3, nicknamed 'Polish'. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alpesh Chauhan, the symphony is included as part of a week-long celebration of the composer.

Elsewhere in the programme, we will hear exclusive chamber highlights recorded for the programme from London's Wigmore Hall. Today, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Brahms and the ORA Singers sing Philip Dutton. There is also an artist spotlight on the French soprano Veronique Gens as she sings music by Henri Duparc.

Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor)

Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage; Chanson triste
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Susan Manoff (piano)

Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance no.1
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two harpsichords in C minor, BWV. 1062
Raluca Enea (harpsichord)
Alexander von Heissen (harpsichord)
SEMPRE Baroque Music Ensemble

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 3 ‘Polish’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

Philip Dutton
Time's Scythe
ORA Singers

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