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Throughout the week, Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of compelling performances from the Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra in their 90th anniversary year and shines a spotlight on violin concertos of the Romantic era. There’s also music from Sweden, including recitals by Piotr Anderszewski, the Swedish Radio Choir and the 2025 Change Music Festival. On today’s Classical Live, the Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s 24th Piano Concerto with soloist Elisabeth Leonskaja and conductor Ludovic Merlot and also Gemma New conducts the orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5 from Edinburgh’s Usher Hall in May this year. From the Swedish chamber music festival 2025 Music for Change, Elizabeth has Dvorak’s A Major Piano Quintet; plus Elizabeth has a selection of music from the 100th birthday celebrations of the Swedish Radio Choir. Today’s Romantic violin concerto comes from Korngold and features violinist Veronika Eberle with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; and with advent approaching, there’s also time for a fitting Bach Cantata - performed by Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir and the Hallgrím's Church Choir in Reykjavík last December. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto 24 in C minor, K491 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ludovic Merlot (conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BWV51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir (soprano) Hallgrím's Church Choir Brák Baroque Ensemble Steinar Logi Helgason (conductor) Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 Veronika Eberle (violin) Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra Lorenzo Viotti (conductor) Antonin Dvorak Piano Quintet in A, Op 81 Malin Broman (violin) Annabelle Meare (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Jesper Svedberg (cello) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Piotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ryan Wigglesworth To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say 'Ask Â鶹Éç Sounds to play Classical Live'.