James Ehnes joins the BBC Philharmonic in Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto

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Elizabeth Alker presents an afternoon of exclusive music-making from the UK and beyond including recent highlights from the Glenarm Festival of Voice. Featuring specially made recordings, with performances from the acclaimed soprano, Erika Baikoff, the Grammy award-winning mezzo, Fleur Barron, and one of today's leading recital tenors, Ilker Arcayürek. Throughout the week, we'll be shining a spotlight on the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Today, they are joined by one of the world's finest violinists, James Ehnes, in a performance of Saint-Saëns' impassioned Third Violin Concerto. We'll also hear from the NOVO Quartet, one of Denmark's most exciting young chamber ensembles and one of our current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. *** BBC Philharmonic: Camille Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor James Ehnes (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Johannes Brahms Lerchengesang Francesco Paolo Tosti Ideale Sergei Rachmaninoff Lilacs İlker Arcayürek (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) NOVO Quartet: Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4, (1st movement) NOVO Quartet Ruth Gipps Symphony No 5 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba (conductor) Glenarm Festival: Richard Strauss Befreit & Morgen! İlker Arcayürek (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) NOVO Quartet: Bedrich Smetana String Quartet No 1 in E minor ('From my life') NOVO Quartet Ralph Vaughan Williams A Road All Paved With Stars BBC Concert Orchestra Martin Yates (cond) Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) *** To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live".