Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival

Linton Stephens introduces highlights from this year's BBC Proms, including Samuel Barber's Symphony No.1 from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor James Gaffigan. We also visit the Edinburgh International Festival for highlights from three concerts today, including a dazzling brass band arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and performances of Handel and Geminiani from the Venice Baroque Orchestra.

Edinburgh International Festival:
Georg Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.6 No.1
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Samuel Barber – Symphony No.1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Stuart MacRae
Medusa
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
Hamish Brown (piano)

Edinburgh International Festival:
Modest Mussorgsky arr. Elgar Howarth
Pictures at an exhibition
The Wallace Collection & Friends

Summer Festivities of Early Music, Prague:
Giovanni da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli (Credo)
Stile Antico

Edinburgh International Festival:
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D minor “La Folia” (after Corelli’s Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.5 No.12)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)

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