The Proms may be over, but there are are still concerts being broadcast on Radio 3
Celebrating the 70th year of the Edinburgh International Festival, the opening concert features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performing Haydn's Surprise Symphony, which opened the first ever festival. The orchestra are joined by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and soloists for Mendelssohn's expansive Lobgesang Symphony. The concert is directed by the exciting young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado.
Haydn: Symphony No 94 'Surprise'
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang'
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Emma Bell, soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Celebrating the 70th year of the Edinburgh International Festival, the opening concert features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performing Haydn's Surprise Symphony, which opened the first ever festival. The orchestra are joined by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and soloists for Mendelssohn's expansive Lobgesang Symphony. The concert is directed by the exciting young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado.
Haydn: Symphony No 94 'Surprise'
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang'
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Emma Bell, soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor