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Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Recorded in Munich, Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, with Leonidas Kavakos, and Bruckner's Symphony No 4, 'Romantic'.

The celebrated veteran Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, now well into his tenth decade, can pick and choose from any of the world's great orchestras and soloists. In this concert, recorded at the Hercules Hall, Residenz, Munich in January, Blomstedt conducts the internationally renowned Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's monumental 'Romantic' Symphony, and they're joined by Leonidas Kavakos for Mendelssohn's ever-popular Violin Concerto.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64

8.00 pm
Interval music (from CD)
Bruckner: Ave Maria

Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

8.05 pm
Bruckner Symphony: No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic')

Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita no.1 in B minor BWV.1002 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no. 4 in E flat major 'Romantic'

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Mar 2023 19:30