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Presented by Catherine Bott.

Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London the Philharmonia Orchestra, under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen. They begin this concert with the Name-Day Celebration Overture by Beethoven, continue with one of the most beloved concertos in the repertoire, Dvorak's Cello Concerto with soloist Alban Gerhardt, and end with Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, a piece often referred to as the 'Symphony of Independence' - a sign of the Finnish struggle to become a Nation.

BEETHOVEN - Overture Namensfeier (Name-Day Celebration Overture)
DVORAK - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104
SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Followed by a focus this week on chamber music by Robert Schumann as we reach the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Schumann: Gesange der Fruhe, Op. 133
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Schumann: Allegro in B minor, Op. 8
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Schumann: Der Arme Peter; Myrten, Op. 25
Florian Boesch (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)