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Radio 3,31 Jul 2026,149 mins

Series2026

Bruch’s Violin Concerto

BBC Proms

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Live at the BBC Proms: Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Bremen orchestra playing Haydn & Robert Schumann, with Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich joining them for Bruch's concerto. Presented by Georgia Mann, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, ‘Trauer’ Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor c.8.15pm Interval: Jessica Duchen looks at the two versions of Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony and what they tell us about his approach to orchestral writing. c.8.35pm Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor (rev. version, 1851) Daniel Lozakovich, violin The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Omer Meir Wellber, conductor Haydn’s Symphony No. 44, written at the height of his fame in Europe – embodies the bracing rhythms, lyrical melodies and dramatic silences typical of the ‘Storm and Stress’ movement, its nickname – ‘Trauer’ or ‘Mourning’ – arising from the suggestion he requested its serene slow movement be played at his funeral. Max Bruch evoked the heyday of Romanticism in his lush, ever-popular First Violin Concerto: young Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich returns following his acclaimed Proms debut in 2022. Sketched out in less than a week during a period of white-hot inspiration in 1841, Schumann’s Fourth Symphony is the outgoing, extrovert complement to his calmer, recently completed ‘Spring’ Symphony. Omer Meir Wellber, a former Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts one of Europe’s leading orchestras.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Symphony No. 44 In E Minor H.1.44 (Trauer)
    Symphony No. 44 In E Minor H.1.44 (Trauer)
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op.26
    Concerto No. 1 In G Minor Op.26
    Max Bruch
  4. 3.
    Violin Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)
    Violin Concerto No 2 (2nd mvt)
    Henryk Wieniawski
  5. 4.
    Symphony No. 4 In D Minor Op.120
    Symphony No. 4 In D Minor Op.120
    Robert Schumann
  6. 5.
    Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46
    Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46
    Jean Sibelius
  7. 6.
    Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano; No 4, Mazeppa
    Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano; No 4, Mazeppa
    Franz Liszt