Beethoven’s Gershwin’s Piano Concerto from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens introduces highlights from this year's Proms including Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto from Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Olivier Latry also makes the Royal Albert Hall organ shake with his performance of Bach's mighty Toccata & Fugue in D minor. Plus, performances from mezzo-soprano Beth Tyler & pianist Hamish Brown, and from the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Edinburgh International Festival:
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV.531
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Masonic Funeral Music
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Peter Whelan (conductor)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Augusta Holmès
Pareil a la mer profonde; Le Vin
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
Hamish Brown (piano)

BBC Proms:
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Yeol Eum Son (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV.56
Olivier Latry (organ)

Summer Festivities of Early Music, Prague:
Thomas Crecquillon
Andreas Christi famulus
Stile Antico

BBC Proms
Gabriela Ortiz
Revolución diamantina (UK premiere)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Connie Converse
Cassandra Cycle (excerpts)
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
Hamish Brown (piano)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in C major, RV.443
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

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