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A Spanish celebration featuring a musical telling of Don Quixote

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including a performance of Gerhard's Don Quixote performed by the ѿý Philharmonic

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live, there is a celebration of Spanish music. Violinist Esther Yoo joins Spain's RTVE Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrey Boreyko to perform Bruch's famous first violin concerto. Music by Spanish composers such as Juan María Guelbenzu and Arturo Márquez will also be performed plus there will be highlights from Bizet's Carmen performed by the ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. The centrepiece of today's programme is Roberto Gerhard's rarely heard musical telling of Miguel Cervantes's story of Don Quixote performed by the ѿý Philharmonic with conductor, Juanjo Mena.

Elizabeth also has a spotlight on violin sonatas throughout the week. Today, American violinist Esther Yoo and pianist Robert Koenig perform Grieg and Naoka Aoki comes to the end of her presentations of Eugène Ysaÿe's fiendish sonatas for solo violin with a performance of the his third sonata - the 'Ballade'.

Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Esther Yoo (violin)
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko (conductor)

Juan María Guelbenzu
Mamita (danza habanera)
Noelia Rodiles (piano)

Roberto Gerhard
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ѿý Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45
Esther Yoo (violin)
Robert Koenig (piano)

Georges Bizet
Habanera from 'Carmen'
Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo-soprano)
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

Georges Bizet
Chanson bohème from 'Carmen'
Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo-soprano)
ѿý National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti (conductor)

Roberto Gerhard
Don Quixote
ѿý Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 2
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra (conductor)

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Performer: Andrey Boreyko.
  • Juan María Guelbenzu

    'Mamita'. Habanera Dance

    Performer: Noelia Rodiles.
  • Rachel Portman

    Juniper

    Performer: Ben Hancox. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Dave Arch.
  • Dario Marianelli

    I Think I Do Remember Him

    Performer: Richard Harwood.
  • Roberto Gerhard

    Alegrias

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Juanjo Mena.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Robert Koenig.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen)

    Performer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Georges Bizet

    Chanson Boheme (Carmen)

    Performer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Echoes for String Quartet

    Performer: Ben Hancox. Performer: Esther Kim. Performer: Garfield Jackson. Performer: Richard Harwood.
  • Roberto Gerhard

    Don Quixote

    Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Juanjo Mena.
  • Belle Chen

    Departure

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Departure.
    • Eito.
    • 12.
  • Marin Marais

    La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous Les MAtins du Monde: Bande Originale du Film/Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 16.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón No. 2

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Alondra de la Parra.

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Apr 2025 13:00