Gershwin’s Piano Concerto from the BBC Proms

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Linton Stephens introduces highlights from this year's Proms, including Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto from Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Olivier Latry also makes the Royal Albert Hall organ shake with his performance of Bach's mighty Toccata & Fugue in D minor. Plus performances from mezzo-soprano Beth Tyler & pianist Hamish Brown, and from the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival. And from the Carinthian Summer Music Festival in Austria, Camerata Salzburg plays Beethoven's Symphony No.5. Edinburgh International Festival: Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV. 531 Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) BBC Proms: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Masonic Funeral Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Peter Whelan (conductor) Edinburgh International Festival: Augusta Holmès Pareil a la mer profonde; Le Vin Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) Hamish Brown (piano) BBC Proms: George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major Yeol Eum Son (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra James Gaffigan (conductor) BBC Proms: Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV. 56 Olivier Latry (organ) Summer Festivities of Early Music, Prague: Thomas Crecquillon Andreas Christi famulus Stile Antico Carinthian Summer Music Festival, Austria Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 Camerata Salzburg Antonello Manacorda (conductor) Edinburgh International Festival: Connie Converse Cassandra Cycle (excerpts) Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) Hamish Brown (piano) Edinburgh International Festival: Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in C major, RV. 443 Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".