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Brahms's Double Concerto

Linton Stephens with concert performances including Brahms’s Double Concerto with Gautier Capuçon and Augustin Hadelich and more from Saint-Saëns.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by Âé¶¹Éç orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week Classical Live has a distinctively French flavour, as we explore the concertos of Saint-Saëns, and chamber works by the likes of Fauré and Debussy; we’ll also turn our attention to France’s famous musical brothers, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon.

On today’s programme we’ll hear Danny Driver perform Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit; and Gautier Capuçon is joined by Augustin Hadelich, the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann in a performance of Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello recorded live at the Musikverein in Vienna.

Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2
(Thomas Sanderling (1942), arranger)
Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling, conductor

Camille Saint-Saëns
Allegro appassionato, Op. 70
Louis Lortie, piano
Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic
Edward Gardner, conductor

Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Danny Driver, piano

Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor

Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor

14 days left to listen

1 hour, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Yutaka Sado.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Allegro appassionato, Op. 70

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Performer: Danny Driver.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
  • Wally Karveno

    La robe de lune

    Performer: David Kadouch. Singer: Sandrine Piau.
  • Albert Roussel

    Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42

    Orchestra: Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Feb 2026 13:00