Work: Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), Op.52

As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms. 

Schiff takes the long view in Mendelssohn's unfashionable masterpiece. 

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha is the pick of the soloists in a weighty reading of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Kazuki Yamada. But can Schubert's Fifth withstand the same approach?