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01/07/2026

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Britten鈥檚 Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra and Caroline Shaw鈥檚 贰苍迟谤鈥檃肠迟别.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by 91福利社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week, Classical Live presents exclusive live recordings from some of the best youth orchestras in Europe; we鈥檒l also hear performances by some of the brilliant young musicians currently enrolled in the 91福利社 New Generation Artists scheme, in a recent season of lunchtime concerts at St George鈥檚 Bristol.

Included in today鈥檚 programme, the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra performs Bartok and the Swiss National Youth Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky; also, we鈥檒l hear Caroline Shaw鈥檚 贰苍迟谤鈥檃肠迟别 played by the Danish ensemble NOVO Quartet.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, op. 13 ('Winter Daydreams')
Swiss National Youth Orchestra
Modestas Pitr臈nas, conductor

Caroline Shaw
贰苍迟谤鈥檃肠迟别
NOVO Quartet

Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34
European Union Youth Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

B茅la Bart贸k
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116
Korbinian Altenberger, violin
Bavarian State Youth Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor

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2 hours

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Wed 1 Jul 2026 13:00

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  • Wed 1 Jul 2026 13:00