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Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens introduces highlights from the Proms, including music by Tchaikovsky, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs at this year's Montpellier Festival.

Linton Stephens introduces a week of music from some of Europe’s great summer festivals and the BBC Proms.

From the BBC Proms, Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in two great Romantic works: Elgar’s much-loved Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony.

From Montpellier, pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs music by Mendelssohn and Schubert, including a selection from the Songs without Words and the virtuosic Wandererfantasie.

And from the International Baroque Festival in Beaune, Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le Concert d’Astrée in Pergolesi’s deeply moving Stabat Mater, with soprano Julia Lezhneva.

BBC Proms:
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

Montpellier Festival:
Felix Mendelssohn
Excerpts from 'Songs without Words'
Allegro agitato, Op. 85/2
Allegretto tranquillo: Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30/6
Moderato, Op. 67/5
Allegro leggiero, Op. 67/2
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

BBC Proms:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

Montpellier Festival:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fantasy in C, D. 760 ('Wandererfantasie')
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

International Baroque Festival, Beaune:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance, WoO 28

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Excerpts from 'Songs without Words'

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia & Fuge in G minor, BWV 542

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasy in C, D. 760 ('Wandererfantasie')

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Concert Overture in D major

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chloé van Soeterstède.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater

    Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Singer: Carlo Vistoli. Singer: Julia Lezhneva.

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Sep 202613:00