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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto

Linton Stephens with performances from the UK and abroad, championing the music of Black British composers & artists. Antony Marwood plays Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto.

Linton Stephens showcases outstanding performances from across the UK and Europe.

Linton continues his week on Classical Live with visits to festivals in Switzerland and Denmark today, featuring performances of Josef Suk’s Piano Quintet and of Samuel Barber’s intensely emotive Adagio for Strings with conductor Wayne Marshall. Anthony Marwood joins the BBC Philharmonic for a performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto, and Vox Luminis and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra join forces in a glorious cantata by Telemann. We’ll also hear music by Shostakovich and Joan Tower from The Ulster Orchestra, and a 17th-Century nightingale flies in to sing for us in the form of Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble – The Bellot Ensemble.

Including another chance to hear Radio 3's specially commissioned new work inspired by the V&A East Museum's exhibition The Music is Black. Segun Akinola's 'On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles' pays tribute to past generations of musicians across musical genres, and is performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

From the St. Gallen Festival, Switzerland
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for strings
St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra
Wayne Marshall (conductor)

From the Chamber Music at Præstø festival, Denmark
Josek Suk:
Piano Quintet, Op 8
Elias Holm (piano)
Ludvig Gudim & Inga Våga Gaustad (violins)
Michael Andreas Grolid (viola)
Jonathan Swensen (cello)

Segun Akinola:
On the shoulders of aunties and uncles
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Luis Castillo-Briceño (conductor)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 80
Anthony Marwood (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

From the Thuringia Bach Festival, Germany
Georg Phillipp Telemann:
Cantata: Zwei Jünger gehen nach Emmaus, TWV.1:1738
Erika Tandiono (soprano)
Sophia Faltas (mezzo soprano)
Vojtěch Semerád (tenor)
Sebastian Myrus (bass)
Vox Luminis
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Lionel Meunier (conductor)

Joan Tower:
Chamber Dance
Ulster Orchestra
George Jackson (conductor)

William Grant Still:
Miniatures
Chineke!

Tarquinio Merula:
La Lusignola
Bellot Ensemble (Radio 3’s current New Generation Baroque Ensemble)

Dmitri Shostakovich:
Chamber Symphony
Ulster Orchestra
Junping Qian (conductor)

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Thu 15 Oct 2026 13:00
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Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.

  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quintet, Op.8

    Performer: Elias Holm. Performer: Ludvig Gudim. Performer: Inga Våga Gaustad. Performer: Michael Grolid. Performer: Jonathan Swensen.

  • Segun Akinola

    On the Shoulders of Aunties and Uncles

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Luis Castillo-Briceño.

  • James MacMillan

    Tu es Petrus

    Choir: Edinburgh University Chamber Choir. Choir: Glasgow Chamber Choir. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 80

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Zwei Jünger gehen nach Emmaus, TWV1:1738

    Singer: Erika Tandiono. Singer: Sophia Faltas. Singer: Vojtěch Semerád. Singer: Sebastian Myrus. Choir: Vox Luminis. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.

  • Joan Tower

    Chamber Dance

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: George Jackson.

  • William Grant Still

    Miniatures

    Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    La Lusignuola

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 23 (2nd mvt: Presto giocoso)

    Performer: Donna Amato. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Edward MacDowell: Essential Works.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 26.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Chamber Symphony Op 110a

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Junping Qian.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Oct 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 3