Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet from the BBC Proms

Linton Stephens introduces a week of music from the BBC Proms, BBC Young Musician and the International Baroque Festival in Beaune.

From the BBC Proms, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s dramatic Romeo and Juliet and Stravinsky’s distinctive Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

At the Beaune Festival, Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le Concert d’Astrée in devotional music by Leonardo Leo and a sparkling string concerto by Francesco Durante, with soprano Julia Lezhneva.

Also in today's program, the BBC Young Musician winner, pianist Ryan Wang, performs virtuoso works by Johann Strauss/Adolf Schulz-Evler and Mussorgsky alongside Schubert’s lyrical E-flat major Impromptu.

BBC Young Musician:
Johann Strauss/Adolf Schulz-Evler
Arabesque on Themes from the Beautiful Blue Danube
Ryan Wang (piano)

International Baroque Festival, Beaune:
Leonardo Leo
Salve Regina
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

BBC Young Musician:
Franz Schubert
Impromptu in E-flat major D899 No 2
Ryan Wang (piano)

BBC Proms:
Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Oslo Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla (conductor)

BBC Young Musician:
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Ryan Wang (piano)

International Baroque Festival, Beaune:
Francesco Durante
Concerto for Strings No. 5
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)

BBC Proms:
Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Oslo Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla (conductor)

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