Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker with great summer music-making with concert performances from home and abroad, including highlights from the BBC Proms, plus exclusive recordings from the Verbier Music Festival and the Granada Early Music Festival.

On today’s show another chance to hear Saturday night’s performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique with the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Thomas Ades at the Royal Albert Hall. Sticking with the BBC Proms, we have more from Saturday afternoon at the Bristol Beacon, with Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Adam Hickox.

From Verbier, we’ll hear Marc Bouchkov playing Bach, plus the trio of Pierre Génisson, Timothy Ridout and Sunwook Kim playing Bruch’s 8 Pieces. Plus - the music of Nicolas Gombert in a programme of Music for the Imperial Coronation of Charles V, at this year’s Granada Early Music Festival.

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Adam Hickox (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor - Chaconne, BWV. 1004
Marc Bouchkov (violin)

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
National Youth Orchestra
Thomas Adès (conductor)

Nicolas Gombert
Missa 'Sur tous regrets’ - Credo
Ensembles Odhecaton
La Pifarescha
Ensemble Pian & Forte
Paolo Da Col (conductor)

Max Bruch
Eight Pieces, Op. 83
Pierre Génisson (clarinet)
Timothy Ridout (viola)
Sunwook Kim (piano)

Libby Larsen
A Lover’s Journey
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)