Scriabin's 2nd Symphony from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces a week of highlights from the BBC Proms, featuring some of the festival's most memorable performances. Today, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of acclaimed conductor Paavo Järvi, performs Scriabin's richly expressive 2nd Symphony.

There is also chamber music from this year's International Sacred Music Festival in Fribourg, featuring music by the 18th-century Venetian composer Galuppi.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
European Union Youth Orchestra
Iván Fischer (conductor)

International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg:
Baldassare Galuppi
Nisi Dominus
Marta Fumagalli, alto
Ghislieri Choir and Orchestra
Giulio Prandi, conductor

BBC Proms:
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 2 in C major
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

Frederic Chopin
Polonaise-fantasy in A flat major Op.61
Kirill Gerstein (piano)

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