Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto from Stuttgart

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Linton Stephens introduces further highlights from the recent Hay-on-Wye festival including a fiendishly difficult piano transcription of Wagner's Tannhauser Overture performed by the British pianist Alexander Ullman. Also today, more in our sequence of recordings from across Europe of concertos for wind instruments; the oboe is the featured instrument today in concertos by Bach and Strauss. Plus a rare chance to hear the 19th century German Romantic composer, Emilie Mayer's amazing first symphony performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Robin Wallington HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL Richard Wagner (transc. Franz Liszt) Tannhauser Overture Alexander Ullman (piano) Guillaume de Machaut Notre Dame Messe: Gloria BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin (conductor) Arnold Bax Summer Music BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Wallington (conductor) HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL Benjamin Britten Cello Sonata, Op. 65 Guy Johnston (cello) Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto François Leleux (oboe) SWR Symphony Orchestra Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor) Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op 71: Once upon a Time Summer’s Eve Puck Peace of the Woods; Norwegian Dance Gone Remembrances Alexander Ullman (piano) Emilie Mayer Symphony No. 1 in C minor BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Robin Wallington (conductor) Olivia Belli Limina Luminis Anna Lapwood (organ) Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for oboe, violin, strings and continuo in C minor, BWV. 1060 Andreas Helm (oboe) Basel Chamber Orchestra Stefano Barneschi (violin/conductor)