30/06/2026

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

This week, Classical Live presents exclusive live recordings from some of the best youth orchestras in Europe; we’ll also hear performances by some of the brilliant young musicians currently enrolled in the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, in a recent season of lunchtime concerts at St George’s Bristol.

Today, we’ll hear British baritone Andrew Hamilton performing songs by Wolf, Schubert, Debussy and others; and the National Youth Orchestra of Slovakia performs Hummel’s Trumpet Concert with soloist Stanislav Masaryk. Elizabeth will also play some highlights of a special concert by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields from Tonhalle Zurich, featuring three exceptional young soloists from the Orpheum Foundation.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in Eb major K.364
Sarang Seohyun Kim, violin
Sao Soulez Lariviere, viola
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Tomo Keller, director

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Stanislav Masaryk, trumpet
National Youth Orchestra of Slovakia
Sophie Dervaux, conductor

Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto for String Orchestra
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Tomo Keller, director

Carlos Simon
Fate Now Conquers
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
European Union Youth Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb major K271 “Jenamy”
Eva Gevorgyan, piano
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Tomo Keller, director