Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto from the BBC Proms

Elizabeth Alker introduces an afternoon of great summer music making with concert performances from home and abroad including highlights from the BBC Proms.

The acclaimed Bavarian cellist Maximilian Hornung is at the BBC Proms on Classical Live today, performing Shostakovich's haunting 1st Cello Concerto. Also in today’s programme, exclusive concert performances from the 2026 Verbier Music Festival as violinist Marc Bouchkov and pianist Julien Quentin join forces to perform Debussy. And from the Granada Festival, Ensemble InAlto perform Crécquillon and pianist Yulianna Avdeeva plays Chopin.

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Marc Bouchkov (violin)
Julien Quentin (piano)

Thomas Crécquillon
Missa ‘Mort m’a privé’ - Kyrie, Gloria & Credo
Ensemble InAlto
Lambert Colson (cornett/director)

Fryderyk Chopin
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic')
Orchestre de Paris
Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor)

Dmitry Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
Maximilian Hornung (cello)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Adam Hickox (conductor)

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