Chineke! live from Wigmore Hall

Linton Stephens offers an afternoon of great performances including a live concert from Wigmore Hall with Chineke!, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto from Scotland and pianist Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St. Luke's.

This week, Classical Live explores the world of the Coleridge-Taylors: daughter Avril and father Samuel; and we have exclusive chamber concert recordings from star South Korean Concert pianist Seong-Jin Cho and friends from the home base of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Today’s programme also includes Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto performed by rising Swedish star violinist Ava Bahari.

At 1pm live from the Wigmore Hall, the Chineke! Chamber Ensemble presents a concert of music by William Grant Still, Carlos Simon and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

LIVE from WIGMORE HALL, introduced for Classical Live by Hannah French.

Chineke! Chamber Ensemble

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor Op. 2

William Grant Still
Miniatures

Carlos Simon
Giants

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With Linton Stephens

Repertoire includes:

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Ava Bahari (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
James MacMillan (conductor)

Franz Schubert
Fantasia in F minor, D. 940
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Sunwook Kim (piano)

Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Valse Caprice
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Andrews (conductor)

Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Comet Prelude
Samantha Ege (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Andrews (conductor)

Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in D major, Hob. XVIII.11
Sebastian Wienand (fortepiano)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Idyll Op. 44
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Emilie Godden (conductor)