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Saint-Saëns's Second Piano Concerto

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Debussy’s Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande.

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

This week Classical Live has a distinctively French flavour, as we explore the concertos of Saint-Saëns, and chamber works by the likes of Fauré and Debussy; we’ll also turn our attention to France’s famous musical brothers, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon.

On today’s programme, we have highlights from the Radio France Occitanie Montpellier Festival, including Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 played by one of today’s leading young soloists, Marie-Ange Nguci; and violinist Anastasia Kobekina is at Wigmore Hall, playing Fauré’s First Violin Sonata.

Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Marie-Ange Nguci, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, conductor

Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Renaud Capucon, conductor

Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, conductor

Gabriel Fauré
Les Berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1
Violin Sonata No. 1
Anastasia Kobekina (cello)
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula (piano)

Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck, conductor

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Alain Altinoglu, piano & direction
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Claude Debussy (arr. Erich Leinsdorf)
Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor

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Last on

Fri 13 Feb 202613:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

    Performer: Marie-Ange Nguci. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capuçon.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes, from 'Peter Grimes, Op. 33a'

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Les Berceaux; Violin Sonata No 1

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan, Op. 20

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Alain Altinoglu. Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Big Band. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kazushi Ono.
    • Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite, from "Pelléas et Mélisande"

    Music Arranger: Erich Leinsdorf. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Feb 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3