Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ live from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making which includes the start of a specially curated series of Wednesday concerts from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, transporting us from winter days through to the Spring Equinox. Today, conductor Lorenzo Passerini conducts the orchestra in a programme of music that includes Beethoven's revolutionary Symphony No. 3 'Eroica', which has lost none of its sense of drama several centuries on. As a contrast, the orchestra will perform Schubert’s Overture, which brims with light-hearted spirit and a playful nod to the sparkling melodies of Italian opera.

Before this, Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in A minor is performed by the Swiss Orchestra and conductor Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, and in keeping with the Italian Vistas theme across the week, La Scintilla Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Minasi perform music by Giovanni Battista Buonamente and Domenico Sarro as part of a recital recorded in Zurich. There is also a recording from the current Radio 3 New Generation Artist flautist Elizaveta Ivanova and pianist Sanja Bizjak. They join forces for Donizetti's lyrical Sonata in C major for flute and piano.

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in A minor, RV 356, Op. 3 No. 6
Swiss Orchestra
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (conductor)

Giovanni Battista Buonamente
Sonata seconda a 3
La Scintilla Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

Domenico Sarro
Sinfonia, from 'Achille in Sciro'
La Scintilla Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

Radio 3 New Generation Artists:
Gaetano Donizetti
Sonata in C major for flute and piano
Elizaveta Ivanova (flute)
Sanja Bizjak (piano)

Gabriela Ortiz
Kayumari
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Ana María Patiño-Osorio (conductor)

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Live Concert from the BBC Philharmonic

Franz Schubert
Overture, D590, D major 'In the Italian Style’

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorenzo Passerini (conductor)

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