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Radio 3,05 May 2026,180 mins

Sibelius's 2nd Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Classical Live

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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe. This week, Classical Live explores the world of the Coleridge-Taylors: daughter Avril and father Samuel; and we have exclusive concert recordings from star South Korean Concert pianist Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke’s. On today’s programme some Chopin Waltzes by Seong-Jin Cho, and he’s also joined by Sunwook Kim for Mozart’s Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major. Ludovic Morlot conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius’s Second Symphony, and we’ll hear from a major figure in the history of African-American music, Henry Thacker Burleigh. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 BBC Concert Orchestra Bramwell Tovey (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F major, K. 497 Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Sunwook Kim (piano) Antonio de Cabezón Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanese Ricercar Consort Philippe Pierlot (director) Francisco Correa de Arauxo Tiento tercero de sexto tono, sobre la Batalla de Morales, FO. 23 Ricercar Consort Philippe Pierlot (director) Jean Sibelius Symphony No 2 in D major, Op. 43 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Frederic Chopin Waltz No 11 in G-flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Waltz No 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 03:56 Grande valse brillante in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2 06:08 Seong-Jin Cho (piano) Avril Coleridge-Taylor Sussex Landscape Ulster Orchestra Daniele Rustioni (conductor) Henry Thacker Burleigh Southland Sketches Samuel Nebyu (violin) Charles Abramovic (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Petite Suite de Concert
    Petite Suite de Concert
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3. 2.
    Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F major, K. 497
    Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F major, K. 497
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 3.
    Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanese
    Diferencias sobre la Gallarda Milanese
    Antonio de Cabezón