Stravinsky's Petrushka from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms
Linton Stephens introduces highlights from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms including Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and Copland's Billy the Kid. Plus Vivaldi from the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
Linton Stephens introduces highlights from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms, including ballet music from Stravinsky's Petrushka and Copland's Billy the Kid, performed by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancroft. Karol Szymanowski's choral masterpiece, his Stabat mater, inspired by Mary's words at the Cross, with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales and Ryan Bancroft. Plus more from the Venice Baroque Orchestra concert at the Edinburgh International Festival, and a visit to the Alhambra Palace in Granada for a performance of Mozart's Symphony No.39 from the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and conductor Zubin Mehta.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms:
Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid Suite
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV.539
Olivier Latry (organ)
Edinburgh International Festival:
Cameron Biles-Liddell – The Breakers
Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano)
Hamish Brown (piano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms:
Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (1947 version)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)
Edinburgh International Festival:
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in G major, RV.516
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (conductor)
Summer Festivities of Early Music, Prague:
John Taverner - O Wilhelme, pastor bone
Stile Antico
RAI Summer Festival, Turin:
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
David Giménez Carreras (conductor)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms:
Antonio Vivaldi transc. Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor, BWV.593
Olivier Latry (organ)
Granada International Festival of Music & Dance:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543
Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
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- Thu 20 Aug 2026 13:00Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3