Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto from Stuttgart

Linton Stephens introduces further highlights from the recent Hay-on-Wye festival, including a fiendishly difficult piano transcription of Wagner's Tannhauser Overture from British pianist Alexander Ullman. Also today, more in our sequence of recordings from across Europe of concertos for wind instruments; the oboe is the featured instrument today in concertos by Bach and Strauss. Plus a rare chance to hear the 19th-century German Romantic composer Emilie Mayer's amazing first symphony performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Robin Wallington.

HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL
Richard Wagner (transc. Franz Liszt)
Tannhauser Overture
Alexander Ullman (piano)

Guillaume de Machaut
Notre Dame Messe: Gloria
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

Arnold Bax
Summer Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Wallington (conductor)

HAY-ON-WYE FESTIVAL
Benjamin Britten
Cello Sonata, Op. 65
Guy Johnston (cello)
Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto
François Leleux (oboe)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor)

Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces, Book 10 Op 71:
Once upon a Time
Summer’s Eve
Puck
Peace of the Woods; Norwegian Dance
Gone
Remembrances
Alexander Ullman (piano)

Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Wallington (conductor)

Olivia Belli
Limina Luminis
Anna Lapwood (organ)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe, violin, strings and continuo in C minor, BWV. 1060
Andreas Helm (oboe)
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Stefano Barneschi (violin/conductor)