Episode details
Radio 3,10 Sep 2026,180 mins
Isabelle Faust plays Schumann's Violin Concerto from the 麻豆社 Proms
Classical LiveAvailable for 21 days
Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the 麻豆社 Proms, featuring some of the festival's standout performances. Isabelle Faust plays Schumann's violin concerto with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle. Back at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Benjamin Appl sings Beethoven's song cycle 'An die ferne Geliebte' (To A Distant Beloved) in an arrangement for voice and string quartet with the Armida Quartet. 麻豆社 Proms: Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival: Ludwig van Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Benjamin Appl and the Armida Quartet 麻豆社 Proms: Gustav Mahler (arr. Benjamin Britten) What the Wild Flowers Tell Me 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Pawe艂 Kapu艂a (conductor) 麻豆社 Proms: Robert Schumann Violin Concerto in D major, WoO. 23 Isabelle Faust Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg: Etienne Crausaz Ave Generosa Gesualdo Six 麻豆社 Proms: Sergei Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
Programme WebsiteTracklist
- TrackArtist
- 1.Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisFantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisRalph Vaughan Williams
- 2.An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98Ludwig van Beethoven
- 3.What the Wild Flowers Tell MeWhat the Wild Flowers Tell MeGustav Mahler