Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony - Live with the BBC Philharmonic

Penny Gore introduces a live performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, from MediaCity, Salford, by the BBC Philharmonic. Also this afternoon, Janacek's suite from his opera The Cunning Little Vixen with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Mozart's overture from The Marriage of Figaro, with the Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, and arias from Cantatas by JS Bach with Göteborg Baroque. And we pay homage to Harrison Birtwistle with his Violin Concerto, performed by Christian Tetzlaff with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of David Robertson.

Including:

Mozart: Overture – The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
Jorg Widmann, conductor

JS Bach: excerpts -
Vergnügte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust!, from 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170'
Amanda Flodin, alto

Prelude, from 'Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008' [solo lute]
Dohyo Sol, lute

Zion hört die Wächter singen, from 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140'
Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor

Gloria sei dir gesungen, from 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140'
Sofia Niklasson, soprano; Amanda Flodin, alto; Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor; Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Göteborg Baroque
Magnus Kjellson, claviorgan, leader

Elgar: Sospiri, Op.70
Netherland Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Goodson, conductor

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen suite / dur 18.56’ + applause
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor

Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major, H16 No 50
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano

c.3pm LIVE from MediaCity, Salford
Tchaikovsky Symphony 5 in E minor, Op. 64
BBC Philharmonic

JS Bach: excerpts -
Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, from 'Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24'
Amanda Flodin, alto

Weicht, all ihr Übeltäter, from 'Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135'
Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Herr, gib dass ich dein Ehre, from 'Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107'
Sofia Niklasson, soprano; Amanda Flodin, alto; Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor; Karl Peter Eriksson, bass

Göteborg Baroque
Magnus Kjellson, claviorgan, leader

Harrison Birtwistle: Violin Concerto
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor

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