Beethoven's Eroica Symphony from Wales

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week, Classical Live explores the world of the Coleridge-Taylors: daughter Avril and father Samuel; and we have exclusive concert recordings from star South Korean Concert pianist Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke’s.

Today’s programme starts with a piano quartet by Brahms and ends with a piano quintet by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; and in between, there are exclusive live recordings of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony and Mahler’s Blumine.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Andrej Power (violin)
Eivind Ringstad (viola)
David Cohen (cello)

Gustav Mahler
Blumine
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Nott (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in Eb 'Eroica', Op. 55
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Frederic Chopin
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42
Grande Valse Brillante in A-flat major, Op. 34 No. 1
Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

Avril Coleridge-Taylor
From the Hills
BBC Philharmonic
John Andrews (conductor)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 1
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective