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Radio 3,14 Oct 2026,120 mins

Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens showcases remarkable performances from across the UK and abroad. Linton continues his week on Classical Live with visits to festivals in France and Denmark today, featuring performances of Mozart’s oboe quartet and of Rachmaninov’s impassioned 3rd Piano Concerto with soloist Isata Kenneh-Mason. As Radio 3 continues to celebrate Black British artists, as the BBC partners with V&A East Museum's exhibition The Music is Black, Isata’s brother Sheku also joins the Classical Live party today in a recent Paris performance of Ernest Bloch’s cello rhapsody “Schelomo”. We’ll also hear Beethoven from The Ulster Orchestra and Jacquet de la Guerre from a recent studio recording made by Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble. Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Ulster Orchestra Junping Qian (conductor) Ernest Bloch - Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor) From the Chamber Music at Præstø festival, Denmark Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370 Eva Steinaa (oboe) Adam Koch (violin) Kinga Wojdalska (viola) Hyazintha Andrej (cello) From the Chaise-Dieu Festival, France Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer (conductor) Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Rondeau, Loure & Gigue [Céphale et Procris] Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Coriolan Overture
    Coriolan Overture
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. 2.
    Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque
    Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque
    Ernest Bloch
  4. 3.
    Lamento, from 'Suite for cello solo'
    Lamento, from 'Suite for cello solo'
    Natalie Klouda