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Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no 3 from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces highlights from the Proms including music by Rachmaninov, and Benjamin Appl performs Schumann's Dichterliebe from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the BBC Proms, featuring some of the festival's standout performances. The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jakub Hrůša, is joined by pianist Lukáš Vondráček for Rachmaninov's fiendish third piano concerto.

Elsewhere, there's chamber music from this year's Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival on the Baltic Coast: a Mozart string quartet and Schumann's Dichterliebe.

BBC Proms:
Louise Farrenc
Overture no 2
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani (conductor)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet no 16
Armida Quartet

International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg:
Thomas Tallis
Absterge Domine
The Gesualdo Six

BBC Proms:
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lukáš Vondráček (piano)
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival:
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Armida Quartet

BBC Proms:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony no 9 in E minor
Simone Lamsma (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No 2

    Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic. Conductor: Lahav Shani.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K. 428

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Absterge Domine

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Sinfonia funebre in F minor

    Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 3

    Performer: Lukáš Vondráček. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett. Singer: Benjamin Appl.

  • Trad.

    Las Mandolinas

    Ensemble: Brass Consort Köln.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 9 in E minor

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

Broadcast

  • Today13:00
    BBC Radio 3