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Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto

Piano music from the New Ross Piano Festival and Emilie Mayer's 5th Symphony performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Anja Bihlmaier

Linton Stephens presents an afternoon of concert performances, beginning in the port town of New Ross in County Wexford, Ireland. Pianist Anna Fedorova performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a musical promenade around a gallery of his friend’s paintings. Ben Gernon conducts Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with soloist Jennifer Pike. And this week's conductor focus turns to German born Anja Bihlmaier, directing the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Emilie Mayer's 5th Symphony.

New Ross Piano Festival:
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Anna Fedorova (piano)

Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No 1
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Ben Gernon (conductor)

Elzbieta Sikora
Five miniatures
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elena Schwarz (conductor)

Emilie Meyer
Symphony No 5 (sometimes credited as No 7)
BBC Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly (Romance)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.

  • Trad.

    How sweet the answer; At the mid hour of night; Ca' the yowes; I wonder as I wander

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen. Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Ruby Hughes.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • François Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin, Sixieme ordre: No. 5, Les Barricades Mysterieuses

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • La Danse.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 2.

  • Elizabeth Sikora

    Five Miniatures

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elena Schwarz.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Six Bagatelles, Op 126

    Performer: Marcus Groh.

  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Josquin des Prez

    O bone et dulcissime Jesu, motet

    Ensemble: Odhecaton. Ensemble: La Pifarescha. Ensemble: Ensemble "Pian & Forte". Conductor: Paolo Da Col.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony in F minor

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Anja Bihlmaier.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday13:00
    BBC Radio 3