Main content

Sibelius’s Violin Concerto from the BBC Proms

Al Ryan celebrates summer music-making, including violinist Sueye Park making her Proms debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in the Violin Concerto by Sibelius.

Al Ryan celebrates summer music-making in the UK and beyond.

Throughout the season Classical Live features highlights from the BBC Proms, the world’s greatest classical music festival. Today, we hear violinist Sueye Park as the soloist in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, and from the same concert, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra performing Richard Strauss’s cosmic tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra. We revisit the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Austria to hear Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi playing Liszt, and return one last time to the elegant rococo castle in Leitheim, Bavaria, for another of Mozart's String Quintets played by Quatuor Voce and violist Violaine Despeyroux.

From the BBC Proms 2026:
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Sueye Park (violin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds (conductor)

From the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 2026:
Franz Liszt
Years of Pilgrimage (1st Year, Switzerland – Parts 6-9)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

From the Leitheim Castle Concerts 2026:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Quatuor Voce
Violaine Despeyroux (viola)

From the BBC Proms 2026:
Manuel da Falla (arr. Francisco Coll)
Fantasía Bética
Spanish National Orchestra
David Afkham (conductor)

From the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 2026:
Franz Schubert
3 songs: Der Pilgrim; Am Bach im Frühling; Der Schiffer
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone)
Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)

From the BBC Proms 2026:
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds (conductor)

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

29 days left to listen

3 hours

Last on

Yesterday 13:00
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Beethoven’s 'Choral' Symphony at the BBC Proms

Next

Respighi's Roman Triptych from the BBC Proms

See all episodes from Classical Live

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Sueye Park. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • GBBBC.

  • Franz Liszt

    Years of Pilgrimage - First Year: Switzerland (Parts 6-9)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515

    Performer: Violaine Despeyroux. Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Fantasia baetica (orch. Francisco Coll)

    Orchestrator: Francisco Coll. Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Afkham.
    • GBBBC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Pilgrim, D. 794

    Performer: Ammiel Bushakevitz. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.

  • Franz Schubert

    Am Bach im Frühling, D. 361

    Performer: Ammiel Bushakevitz. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Schiffer, D. 536

    Performer: Ammiel Bushakevitz. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sommerabend, Op. 85/1

    Performer: Ammiel Bushakevitz. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia in D Major

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • GBBBC.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 13:00
    BBC Radio 3