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Today's Classical Live includes another chance to hear Ryan Wigglesworth's recent Prom conducting the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a feast of English music including highlights from Britten's 1953 Coronation opera Gloriana, all about the fraught relationship between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. The programme also includes Cheryl Frances-Hoad's new climate-themed Cello Concerto and Elgar's magnificent Symphony No. 2 in E flat major.

To start today’s Classical Live, there will be exclusively recorded performances from the Cheltenham Festival. Violinist Geneva Lewis and pianist Llŷr Williams perform Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia and pianist Naoko Sonoda perform Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel.

Additionally there will be music by composer Charles Gounod in a Radio France tribute to the late Belgian opera singer, Jodie Devos.

Charles Gounod
Ballet, excerpts from Act 5 of 'Faust' 
Orchestre National de France
Jesko Sirvend (conductor)

From the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2024:

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 ‘Regensonate’ 
Geneva Lewis (violin)
LlÅ·r Williams (piano)

Arvo Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Santiago Canon-Valencia (cello)
Naoko Sonoda (piano)

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´óÏó´«Ã½ PROMS
(first broadcast live on 26th July 2024)

Benjamin Britten
Gloriana – Symphonic Suite

Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Cello Concerto, ‘Earth, Sea, Air’

Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major

Laura van der Heijden (cello)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)