Bach, Bernstein and Mahler from Leipzig

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making, including a week-long focus on Leipzig, a pivotal centre in Western classical music. The MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig, perform Leopold Stokowski's arrangement of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra play Bernstein's jazzy Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' and Mahler's dramatic Symphony No. 1 in D ('Titan').
Elsewhere in the programme, there is exclusively recorded music from the current cohort BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Violinist Hana Chang performs Brahms, pianist Julius Asal plays Bartok, saxophonist Emma Rawicz brings a little jazz with her original composition and cellist Sterling Elliott plays Kevin Day.
Across the week, there is also an exploration of music composed for the bassoon. Today Fasch's Concerto in C minor is performed by bassoonist Sergio Azzolini and Camerata Bern.

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Leopold Stokowski)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig
Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No.2 in A, Op.100
Hana Chang (violin)
Jonathan Ware (piano)

Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto in C minor, FaWV L:c2
Camerata Bern
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon, conductor)

Bela Bartok
Suite Sz.62, Op. 14
Julius Asal (piano)

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances, from 'West Side Story'
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)

Emma Rawicz
Maybe So
Emma Rawicz (tenor sax)
Rasmus Sørensen (piano)
David Preston (electric guitar)
Freddie Jensen (bass)
Marc Michel (drums)

Kevin Day
Gymnopédie I (2018)
Sterling Elliott (cello)
Richard Uttley (piano)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D ('Titan')
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

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