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Radio 3,28 Aug 2026,180 mins

Dvorak’s Cello Concerto from the BBC Proms

Classical Live

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Mark Forrest celebrates summer music-making in the UK and beyond. All summer we’re in residence at the Royal Albert Hall for highlights from the BBC Proms. Today, cellist Gautier Capuçon takes the star role in Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alain Altinoglu. And there’s more from Marin Alsop’s America-themed Prom with the Philharmonia Orchestra: she conducts music by Bernstein as well as Copland’s evocative Appalachian Spring. Away from the Royal Albert Hall, we make one final trip this week to the elegant Pittville Pump Rooms to hear more from Radio 3’s New Generation Artists at this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival. Today, violinist Hana Chang plays Mozart, and the Astatine Trio performs Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Piano Trio. From the BBC Proms 2026: Claude Debussy Prelude a l’après-midi d’un faun BBC Symphony Orchestra Alain Altinoglu (conductor) Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite Philharmonia Orchestra Marin Alsop (conductor) From Cheltenham Festival 2026: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in A major, K. 305 Hana Chang (violin) Jonathan Ware (piano) From the BBC Proms 2026: Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Gautier Capuçon (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Alain Altinoglu (conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 Olivier Latry (organ of the Royal Albert Hall) From Cheltenham Music Festival 2026: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 ‘Archduke’ Astatine Trio From the BBC Proms 2026: Leonard Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On The Town Philharmonia Orchestra Marin Alsop (conductor) To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".

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    Appalachian Spring - Orchestral Suite 1945
    Aaron Copland
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    The Big Country - Prelude
    Jerome Moross