Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2

Linton Stephens showcases outstanding 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 concludes his week on Classical Live with a visit to the Dresden Music Festival in Germany, and a performance of Elgar’s 2nd Symphony and music by Hannah Kendall from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason joins the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest for a performance of Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto, John Andrews conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor, and the BBC symphony Orchestra is joined by conductor Martijn Dendievel to play Liszt’s symphonic poem “Les Prélides”. We’ll also hear music by Carlos Simon from Chineke!, and there’s 17th-Century music from a recent studio recording made by Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble.

Leonard Bernstein:
Overture to Candide
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

Franz Liszt:
Les Préludes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martijn Dendievel (conductor)

Carlos Simon:
Giants
Chineke!

Maurizio Cazzati:
Capricio sopra le sette notte
Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Orchestra)

Avril Coleridge Taylor:
In memoriam - to the RAF
BBC Philharmonic
John Andrews (conductor)

Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano)
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriel Bebeşelea (conductor)

From the Dresden Music Festival, Germany
Hannah Kendall:
The Spark Catchers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Edward Elgar:
Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op 63
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

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