Sibelius’s Violin Concerto from the BBC Proms

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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".