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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs and ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live we're bringing you highlights from this year’s Leeds International Piano Competition, with performances from two of the ten semi-finalists each day looking forward to tonight's finals. (see Radio 3 in Concert this evening and tomorrow).

There is also chamber music from last month’s Edinburgh International Festival – today features the Takacs Quartet in the European premiere of a new work by Nokuthala Ngwenyama and from Cologne, Cristian Macelaru conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.3

Frederick Delius
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

From the Edinburgh International Festival
Nokuthala Ngwenyama
Flow (European premiere)
Takacs Quartet

Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata in A, Op.5 No.9
Europa Galante
Fabio Bondi (conductor)

1.45pm from the Leeds International Piano Competition
Highlights from this year's semi-finalists

Dimitri Mitropoulos
Burial
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Constantinos Carydis (conductor)

2.30pm
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Macelaru (conductor)

3.15pm from the Leeds International Piano Competition
Highlights from this year's semi-finalists