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Today’s Classical Live includes another chance to hear last night's Prom with the fantastic young pianist Yunchan Lim, the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, America’s most distinguished piano contest. He made his Proms debut with the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, performing Beethoven’s final piano concerto, the ‘Emperor’, a work of heroism and virtuosity, lyricism and fury.
The programme also includes Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1, a work that launched his truly great symphonic composing career, and Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Aditus (‘entrance’ or ‘approach’) a sizzling opener of existential, expressionistic drama.

To start today’s Classical Live, there will be exclusively recorded performances from the Cheltenham Festival. Violinist Geneva Lewis and pianist Llŷr Williams perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Suite from 'Much Ado about Nothing’, the Chaos String Quartet perform Edvard Grieg's String Quartet No.1 in G minor and cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia and pianist Naoko Sonoda perform Alfred Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style.

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

From the Cheltenham Festival:

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Suite from 'Much Ado about Nothing’, Op.11
Geneva Lewis (violin)
Llŷr Williams (piano) 

Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No.1  in G minor, Op. 27
Chaos String Quartet

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Â鶹Éç PROMS
(first broadcast live on 29th July 2024 )

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Aditus

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
Yunchan Lim (piano)
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

INTERVAL
Charles Gounod
Par la main de ce fils and Invocation, from 'Tobie'
Jodie Devos, (soprano)
Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano
Yosep Kang, (tenor)
Patrick Bolleire, (bass)
Orchestre National de France
Jesko Sirvend (conductor)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 1 In C minor
(1877 Linz version, ed. Nowak)
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)