Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2

Linton Stephens showcases outstanding performances from across the UK and abroad.

Linton concludes his week on Classical Live with a visit to the Dresden Music Festival in Germany and a performance of Elgar’s 2nd Symphony and music by Hannah Kendall from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason joins the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest for a performance of Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto, John Andrews conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and the BBC symphony Orchestra is joined by conductor Martijn Dendievel to play Liszt’s symphonic poem “Les Prélides”. We’ll also hear music by Carlos Simon from Chineke!, and there’s 17th-Century music from a recent studio recording made by Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble.

Leonard Bernstein:
Overture to Candide
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

Franz Liszt:
Les Préludes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martijn Dendievel (conductor)

Carlos Simon:
Giants
Chineke!

Maurizio Cazzati:
Capricio sopra le sette notte
Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Orchestra)

Avril Coleridge Taylor:
In memoriam - to the RAF
BBC Philharmonic
John Andrews (conductor)

Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano)
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriel Bebeşelea (conductor)

From the Dresden Music Festival, Germany
Hannah Kendall:
The Spark Catchers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Edward Elgar:
Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op 63
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

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