大象传媒

Live from Sage Gateshead

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Royal Northern Sinfonia and an array of soloists live at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival of ideas

Mozart: Overture - The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major, Op.56

8.10pm
Interval, featuring chamber music recordings by tonight's five soloists, including works by Grieg, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Britten.

8.30pm
Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op.88
Prokofiev: Symphony no.1 Op.25 (Classical)

Alexandra Soumm (violin)
Jakob Koranyi (cello)
Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
Lise Berthaud (viola)
Dionysis Grammenos (clarinet)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

This year's 大象传媒 Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival kicks off with the leading voices of a new generation of artists, alongside Royal Northern Sinfonia. Donatella Flick Conducting Competition winner and LSO Assistant Conductor Alexandre Bloch injects his trademark energy into Prokofiev's unpretentious yet witty Classical Symphony, whilst the likes of Alexandra Dariescu, Lise Berthaud and Dionysis Grammenos bring their seemingly effortless playing to Beethoven and Bruch.