Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of great summer music making with concert performances from home and abroad, including highlights from the BBC Proms, plus exclusive recordings from the Verbier Music Festival and the Granada Early Music Festival.

On today’s programme, there is another chance to hear Saturday night’s performance of Berlioz’s passionate Symphonie Fantastique with the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Thomas Ades at the Royal Albert Hall. Sticking with the BBC Proms, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances is performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Adam Hickox, recorded at the Bristol Beacon as part of the BBC Proms Across the U.K. series.

From Verbier, violinist Marc Bouchkov plays Bach, plus a trio of world class musicians, Pierre Génisson, Timothy Ridout and Sunwook Kim, join forces to perform Bruch’s Eight Pieces. Plus, the music of Nicolas Gombert in a programme of 'Music for the Imperial Coronation of Charles V', is performed at this year’s Granada Early Music Festival.

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Adam Hickox (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor - Chaconne, BWV. 1004
Marc Bouchkov (violin)

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
National Youth Orchestra
Thomas Adès (conductor)

Nicolas Gombert
Missa 'Sur tous regrets’ - Credo
Ensembles Odhecaton
La Pifarescha
Ensemble Pian & Forte
Paolo Da Col (conductor)

Max Bruch
Eight Pieces, Op. 83
Pierre Génisson (clarinet)
Timothy Ridout (viola)
Sunwook Kim (piano)

Libby Larsen
A Lover’s Journey
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

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