James Ehnes joins the BBC Philharmonic in Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto

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Elizabeth Alker presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making from the UK and beyond, including recent highlights from the Glenarm Festival of Voice. Featuring specially made recordings, with performances from the acclaimed soprano Erika Baikoff, the Grammy award-winning mezzo Fleur Barron, and one of today's leading recital tenors, Ilker Arcayürek. Throughout the week, we'll be shining a spotlight on the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Today, they are joined by one of the world's finest violinists, James Ehnes, in a performance of Saint-Saëns' impassioned Third Violin Concerto. We'll also hear from the NOVO Quartet, one of Denmark's most exciting young chamber ensembles and one of our current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. *** BBC Philharmonic: Camille Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor James Ehnes (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Johannes Brahms Lerchengesang Francesco Paolo Tosti Ideale Sergei Rachmaninoff Lilacs İlker Arcayürek (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) NOVO Quartet: Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4, (1st movement) NOVO Quartet Ruth Gipps Symphony No 5 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Richard Strauss Befreit & Morgen! İlker Arcayürek (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) NOVO Quartet: Bedrich Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor ('From my life') NOVO Quartet Ralph Vaughan Williams A Road All Paved With Stars (compiled by Adrian Williams from music for the opera 'The Poisoned Kiss') BBC Concert Orchestra Martin Yates (cond) Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) *** To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".