Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto from the BBC Proms

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Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of great summer music making with concert performances from home and abroad including highlights from the BBC Proms. The acclaimed Bavarian cellist Maximilian Hornung is at the BBC Proms on Classical Live today, performing Shostakovich's haunting 1st Cello Concerto. Also in today’s programme, exclusive concert performances from the 2026 Verbier Music Festival as violinist Marc Bouchkov and pianist Julien Quentin join forces to perform Debussy. And from the Granada Festival, Ensemble InAlto perform Crécquillon and pianist Yulianna Avdeeva plays Chopin. Claude Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Marc Bouchkov (violin) Julien Quentin (piano) Thomas Crécquillon Missa ‘Mort m’a privé’ - Kyrie, Gloria & Credo Ensemble InAlto Lambert Colson (cornett/director) Fryderyk Chopin Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 Yulianna Avdeeva (piano) Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic') Orchestre de Paris Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor) Dmitry Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Maximilian Hornung (cello) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Adam Hickox (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".