Elena Urioste and Tom Poster live at Wigmore Hall

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Linton Stephens showcases superb performances from the UK and beyond. Our week on Classical Live begins with a live concert from Wigmore Hall in London, where violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster perform sonatas by Dora Pejačević and Johannes Brahms, as well as a lilting nocturne by Dvorak. We’ll also be visiting festivals in Denmark and Switzerland this week. Today, we’ll hear a Beethoven song-cycle and cello meditations by Leonard Bernstein. There’ll be contributions from the BBC orchestras throughout the week, too. As Radio 3 celebrates Black British composers and artists, Samantha Ege joins the BBC Philharmonic at 2pm for a performance of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Concerto. And to bring the programme to a close, George Jackson conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony. We’ll also hear highlights from a recent studio recording by the Bellot Ensemble, Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble. 1pm Live from Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Hannah French. Dora Pejačević: Violin Sonata in D, Op 26 “Spring” Antonín Dvořák: Nocturne in B, Op 40 Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 Elena Urioste (violin) Tom Poster (piano) 2pm Avril Coleridge Taylor: Piano Concerto Samantha Ege (piano) BBC Philharmonic John Andrews (conductor) Biagio Marini – Sonata terza Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3's current New Generation Baroque Ensemble) From Chamber Music at Lundsgaard, Denmark Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 Roderick Williams (baritone) Jens Elvekjaer (piano) From the St. Gallen Festival, Switzerland Leonard Bernstein: Three Meditations [Mass] Fernando Gomes (cello) St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra Wayne Marshall (conductor) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Franz Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor, D 759 “Unfinished” Ulster Orchestra George Jackson (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".