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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by Â鶹Éç orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Throughout the week, we will feature highlights from the Â鶹Éç Proms 2025. In today's programme, conductor Klaus Mäkelä joins forces with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is a tumultuous journey from the darkness of a funeral march to brilliant light via the famous Adagietto – the tenderest musical love letter in the repertoire. It sits alongside Berio’s imaginative ‘rendering’ of Schubert’s unfinished tenth symphony, a musical palimpsest and sonic fantasy.

Elsewhere, performances from the Cheltenham Music Festival will be featured including former R3 New Generation Artists, pianist Giorgi Gigashvili playing Sergei Prokofiev, accordionist Ryan Corbett playing his arrangement of music by Bach', and tenor Santiago Sanchez singing music by Richard Strauss.

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

Richard Strauss
Morgen
Santiago Sanchez (tenor)
Victoria Guerrero (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Corbett)
Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland BWV.659
Ryan Corbett (accordian)

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 8 in Bb Major, Op. 84
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano)

Luciano Berio
Rendering
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask Â鶹Éç Sounds to play Classical Live".