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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. 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 by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Two superstar soloists join the orchestra today, with violinist Augustin Hadelich playing Prokofiev’s second Violin Concerto and pianist Kirill Gerstein the soloist in Richard Strauss’s Burleske. Plus there’s more Strauss, his dramatic early tone poem Death and Transfiguration. Following on from yesterday’s live concert from London’s Wigmore Hall, we hear more from the superb Baroque ensemble Vox Luminis, who specialise in lesser-known gems from the period. Today, they tell us the Old Testament story of Jonah, through the music of 17th-century Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi. And we’ll be heading back to Wigmore Hall to hear highlights from Classical Live recitals given there last year by pianist Anne Queffélec and the Calidore Quartet. 1pm Richard Strauss Burleske for piano and orchestra Kirill Gerstein (piano) NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) Joseph Haydn Overture to an English Opera BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) A set of French miniatures: Claude Debussy - Images, Series 1: Reflets dans l'eau; Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune Gabriel Dupont - Les heures dolentes: Après-midi de dimanche Reynaldo Hahn - Le rossignol éperdu: Hivernale; Le banc songeur Charles Koechlin - Paysages et marines Op. 63: Chant de pêcheurs Florent Schmitt - Musiques intimes, Book 2 Op. 29: Glas Anne Queffélec (piano) Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung [Death and transfiguration], Op. 24 NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Andris Poga (conductor) Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 54 Augustin Hadelich (violin) NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Juraj Valčuha (conductor) Carlos Gardel Por una cabeza Augustin Hadelich (violin) Giacomo Carissimi Historia di Jonas [The Story of Jonas] Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier (conductor) Erich Wolfgang Korngold String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34 Calidore Quartet To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live'.