Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3

Linton Stephens showcases remarkable performances from across the UK and abroad.

The Music is Black. As part of the BBC’s collaboration with the V&A East Museum exhibition, Radio 3 is celebrating the music of Black British composers and artists across the week. A specially commissioned new work inspired by the exhibition, "On the Shoulder of Aunties and Uncles", composed by Segun Akinola and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, will be premiered and showcased throughout the week, alongside other great music from Black British composers and favourite classical tracks performed by Black British artists.

Linton continues his week on Classical Live with visits to festivals in France and Denmark today, featuring performances of Mozart’s oboe quartet and of Rachmaninov’s impassioned 3rd Piano Concerto with soloist Isata Kenneh-Mason. Isata’s brother Sheku also joins the Classical Live party today in a recent Paris performance of Ernest Bloch’s cello rhapsody “Schelomo”. We’ll also hear Beethoven from The Ulster Orchestra and Jacquet de la Guerre from a recent studio recording made by Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble.

Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan
Ulster Orchestra
Junping Qian (conductor)

Ernest Bloch - Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

From the Chamber Music at Præstø festival, Denmark
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370
Eva Steinaa (oboe)
Adam Koch (violin)
Kinga Wojdalska (viola)
Hyazintha Andrej (cello)

From the Chaise-Dieu Festival, France
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer (conductor)

Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre:
Rondeau, Loure & Gigue [Céphale et Procris]
Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble)

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