Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens introduces a week of music from some of Europe’s great summer festivals and the BBC Proms.

From the BBC Proms, Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in two great Romantic works: Elgar’s much-loved Enigma Variations and Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony.

From Montpellier, pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs music by Mendelssohn and Schubert, including a selection from the Songs without Words and the virtuosic Wandererfantasie.

And from the International Baroque Festival in Beaune, Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le Concert d’Astrée in Pergolesi’s deeply moving Stabat Mater, with soprano Julia Lezhneva.

BBC Proms:
Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

Montpellier Festival:
Felix Mendelssohn
Excerpts from 'Songs without Words'
Allegro agitato, Op. 85/2
Allegretto tranquillo: Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30/6
Moderato, Op. 67/5
Allegro leggiero, Op. 67/2
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

BBC Proms:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

Montpellier Festival:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fantasy in C, D. 760 ('Wandererfantasie')
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

International Baroque Festival, Beaune:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

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