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Renaud Capuçon plays Korngold's Violin Concerto in D

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including an orchestral arrangement of Brahms’ Piano Quartet No.1 and works by Mozart and Korngold.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week, Classical Live presents exclusive live recordings from some of the best youth orchestras in Europe; we’ll also hear performances by some of the brilliant young musicians currently enrolled in the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, in a recent season of lunchtime concerts at St George’s Bristol.

Included in today’s programme - the joint forces of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Romanian Youth Orchestra with conductor Manfred Honeck in a concert last September at the Palace Grand Hall Budapest, performing music by Mozart and Korngold.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to 'Don Giovanni'
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Romanian Youth Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D, op. 35
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Romanian Youth Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. op. 33
Samuel Niederhauser (cello)
Swiss National Youth Orchestra
Félix Mildenberger (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to 'Don Giovanni'

    Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Orchestra: Romanian Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A Minor

    Ensemble: Astatine Trio.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op. 20 (Excerpts): Act II, No. 10, Scène. Moderato

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
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  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F, Op. 4/4, HWV 292

    Performer: Thomas Ospital. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Marie Jacquot.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Orchestra: Romanian Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Julius Asal.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata no.1 in f minor, Op.120 no.1

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Gunnar Mextorf.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un soir triste

    Orchestra: Swiss National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Mildenberger.

  • Michael Pandya

    NGA Lunchtime Concerts at St George's, Bristol

  • Michael Pandya

    NGA Lunchtime Concerts at St George's, Bristol

  • Michael Pandya

    NGA Lunchtime Concerts at St George's, Bristol

  • John Ireland

    The Vagabond

    Performer: Michael Pandya. Singer: Andrew Hamilton.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor. Op. 33

    Performer: Samuel Niederhauser. Orchestra: Swiss National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Mildenberger.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday13:00
    BBC Radio 3