Afternoon Performance
First broadcast from 20040114 to 20070202.
459 episodes
| Series | Title | First Broadcast | Description |
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| John Cage Uncaged - Influences | 20040114 | Afternoon Performance continues its journey toward the John Cage Uncaged weekend. Today's programme includes Varese's first piece to include episodes on tape, and a symphony by the self-proclaimed Bad Boy of Music, George Antheil. Presented by Sarah Walker. Hovhaness: Vision from High Rock Rumon Gamba (conductor) Barber: Violin concerto Joshua Bell (violin) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Varese: Deserts Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Antheil: Symphony No 5 'Joyous' Andrew Davis (conductor) Bernstein: Prelude fugue and riffs Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | |
| Jon Cage Uncaged - Influences 2 | 20040115 | In the week leading up to the John Cage Uncaged weekend, the BBC Philharmonic perform a programme of music setting Cage in his American context. Including Virgil Thomson's ballet depicting a day in the life of a petrol-pump attendant, Copland's early Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, and his jazzy Clarinet Concerto. Presented by Sarah Walker. Bernstein: Candide overture Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Copland: Clarinet concerto Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Gershwin: An American in PARIS Quentin Clare (conductor) Thomson: Filling station - suite Matthew Rowe (conductor) Barber: Adagio Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Copland: Symphony for organ and orchestra Wayne Marshall (organ) Rumon Gamba (conductor). | |
| 20040913 | BBC Symphony Orchestra With Leonard Slatkin's final Proms season as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra at an end, Afternoon Performance celebrates his time with the orchestra with some highlight performances. Including Brahms's Double Concerto with New Generations Artists Janine Jansen and CHRISTIAN Poltera, and a performance of Walton's 1st Symphony from the Barbican earlier this year. Presented by Louise Fryer. Turnage: Another Set-To for Trombone and OrchestraCHRISTIAN Lindberg (trombone) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor Janine Jansen (violin)CHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor. | ||
| 20040914 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance continues its celebration of Leonard Slatkin's time as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with a concert from the Smetana Hall, Prague in May. Emanuel Ax joined the orchestra for Mozart's Piano Concerto No 17 before Shostakovich's dramatic Symphony No 11. Presented by Louise Fryer. Mozart: Piano Concerto, No 17 in G major, K 453 Emanuel Ax (piano) Shostakovich Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905' Leonard Slatkin (conductor). | ||
| 20040915 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance celebrates Leonard Slatkin's time at the helm of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with an ENGLISH inspired programme of music. Including a performance of Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony from the 2001 Proms, and Barbirolli's take on Bach. Presented by Louise Fryer. Elgar: In The South - Overture Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Bach arr Barbirolli : Sheep May Safely Graze Leonard Slaktin (conductor) Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony Joan Rodgers (soprano) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Trinity College Chamber Choir BBC Symphony Chorus Philharmonia Chorus. | ||
| 20040916 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin returns to his roots with a mostly American programme. New Generation Artist Colin Currie is soloist in Rouse's Wagner-inspired Der Gerettete Alberich, and Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony is narrated by his daughter, Jamie Bernstein. Presented by Louise Fryer. Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Rouse: Der Gerettete Alberich Colin Currie (percussion) Takemitsu: Fantasma-Cantos IICHRISTIAN Lindberg (trombone) Bernstein Symphony No 3, Kaddish Jamie Bernstein (speaker) Ann Murray (soprano)LONDON Oratory School Schola BBC Symphony Chorus. | ||
| 20040917 | BBC Symphony Orchestra The final programme in Afternoon Performance's week celebrating Leonard Slatkin's time as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. New Generation Artist Jonathan Biss is soloist in Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, and Samuel West narrates Walton's music for the film Henry V. Presented by Louise Fryer. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Jonathan Biss (piano) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Bach (arr Goossens): French Keyboard Suite No 5 in G Leonard Slaktin (conductor) Walton (arr Palmer): Henry V Samuel West (narrator) BBC Singers Trinity Boys Choir. | ||
| 20040920 | BBC Symphony Orchestra This week Afternoon Performance links in with the Lunchtime Concerts celebrating Radio 3 New Generation Artists. In today's programme New Generation Artist Ailish Tynan sings Knoxville, Barber's nostalgic impressions of an evening in America through a child's eyes. Plus music by composers influenced by America, Stravinsky and Dvorak. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Barber: School for Scandal Overture Fabio Mechetti (conductor) Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements Ilan Volkov (conductor) Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915 Ailish Tynan (soprano) Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Stravinsky: Suite for Small Orchestra No 1 Garry Walker (conductor) Dvorák: Symphony No 8 in G. | ||
| 20040921 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Afternoon Performance continues its New Generation Artist focus, today Petroc Trelawny introduces Claudio Bohorquez as soloist in Dvorák's Cello Concerto. And there's a double helping of Sibelius, his incidental music for Pelleas and Melisande, and his 3rd Symphony both conducted by Joseph Swensen. Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande Suite Joseph Swensen (conductor) Dvorak: Cello concerto in Bm Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C. | ||
| 20040922 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's featured New Generation Artist is Martin Frost, playing basset clarinet in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. There's music from, and inspired by the Baroque period, and a performance of Schumann's Symphony No 4. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Goehr: Handelian Overture Ilan Volkov (conductor) Bach: Suite for Orchestra No 3 in D, BWV 1068 David Porcelijn (conductor) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K 622 Martin Frost (clarinet) Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 4 in Dm. | ||
| 20040923 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Today's featured New Generation Artist is the soprano Sally Matthews, in a magical recording of Strauss songs. And former NGA Lisa Milne performs the soprano part in Mahler's Symphony No 4 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Joseph Swensen. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Strauss: Ruhe meine Seele, Op 27'1 Freundliche Vision, Op 48'1 Waldseligkeit, Op 49'1 Morgen, Op 27'4 Amor, Op 68'5 Sally Matthews (soprano) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Liszt: Orpheus Vassily Petrenko (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Lisa Milne (soprano) Joseph Swensen (conductor). | ||
| 20040924 | Afternoon performance rounds of its week of performances by New Generation Artists with members of the Galliard Ensemble in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. And there's more German music with Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and Strauss's mighty tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra Presented by Petroc Trelawny Schubert: Symphony No 8 in Bm 'Unfinished' Douglas Boyd (conductor) Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K 297b Galliard Ensemble Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20040927 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Edward Seckerson introduces the first of five programmes this week in which the spotlight falls on the violin. Today the young British violinist Matthew Trusler takes centre stage in one of the great 20th-century concertos. Haydn: Symphony No 82, 'The Bear' Elizabeth Layton (director) Berg: Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) Alexander Titov (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20040928 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the BBC NOW in an all-British programme including Vaughan Williams's evergreen The Lark Ascending with violinist Lucy Gould. With Edward Seckerson. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Elgar: Symphony No 2. | ||
| 20040929 | BBC Philharmonic In today's programme the Afternoon Performance spotlight falls on Yuri Torchinsky, leader of the BBC Philharmonic since 1996 and soloist in this performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Introduced by Edward Seckerson. Stenhammar: Excelsior! Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 Yuri Tochinsky (violin) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20040930 | BBC Symphony Orchestra In today's programme the BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by one of the most sought after virtuosos, the Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos, for a performance of Bartok's second violin concerto. Elgar: The Wand of Youth - Suite Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) David Robertson (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20041001 | BBC Philharmonic The young RUSSIAn virtuoso Boris Brovtsyn brings this week of violin concertos to a close with possibly the most popular one in the repertoire, by Max Bruch. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Introduced by Edward Seckerson. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Boris Brovtsyn (violin) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20041004 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales takes centre stage today with a concert recorded last year including music by Welsh composer William Mathias. Introduced by Sarah Walker. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Mathias: Oboe Concerto Respighi: The Birds Schubert: Symphony No 3 David Cowley (oboe) James Judd (conductor) Arriaga: Overture, Los Esclavos Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| 20041005 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's Afternoon Performance features the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra playing music by Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky. There's also a chance to hear the percussion concerto by Andre Jolivet performed by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Colin Currie. Introduced by Sarah Walker. Ravel: Sheherazade, ouverture de feerie Ilan Volkov (conductor) Jolivet: Percussion Concerto Colin Currie (percussion) Baldur Bronnimann (conductor) Debussy: La Mer Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete Elizabeth Layton (director). | ||
| 20041006 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales In today's programme trombonist Mark Eager is the soloist in a new concerto for the instrument by the Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott, who celebrates his 75th birthday this year. There's also a chance to hear Anthony Payne's acclaimed elaboration of Elgar's sketches for this third symphony. Presented by Sarah Walker. Weber: Overture, Der Freischutz Hoddinott: Trombone Concerto Mark Eager (trombone) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). | ||
| 20041007 | BBC Philharmonic Live Sarah Walker introduces a special live edition of Afternoon Performance from Studio 7 in MANCHESTER, courtesy of the BBC Philharmonic. Vassily Sinaisky conducts, and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist in Walton's Viola Concerto. Still in his mid-twenties, Tamestit has won many scholarships and prizes and has performed all over the world as a recitalist and soloist. Presented by Sarah Walker. Rossini: Overture, William Tell Walton: Viola Concerto Tchaikovsky: Suite no. 3 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20041008 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra In the last of this week's programmes the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra takes centre stage with music by Bartok, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. With Sarah Walker. Bartok: Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin Ilan Volkov (conductor) Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Andrew Litton (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20041011 | BBC Philharmonic Afternoon Performance takes this week's Lunchtime Concert series of concerts from the Hay on Wye Festival as a starting point for a selection of music inspired by literature. Today the BBC Philharmonic perform Strauss's version of the Don Juan legend. Presented by Louise Fryer. Strauss: Don Juan Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in Cm John Lill (piano) Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041012 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance continues its literature-inspired programmes. Today the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform excerpts from Prokofiev's ballet based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Plus more RUSSIAn music from Shchedrin and Shostakovich. Presented by Louise Fryer. Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (extracts) Alexander Titov (conductor) Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Andrew Litton (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in Bm Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20041013 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Afternoon Performance continues the literature theme with Honegger's take on Shakespeare, Britten's interpretation of Crabbe, and Mahler's settings of German folk poetry. Presented by Louise Fryer. Honegger: Prelude pour la Tempete David Porcelijn (conductor) Britten: Sea Inteludes & Passacaglia (Peter Grimes) Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Randi Stene (sorpano) James Rutherford (baritone) Joseph Swensen (conductor). | ||
| 20041014 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic's contribution to this week's literature theme is Berlioz's overture to Le Corsair, inspired by Byron. Then there's RUSSIAn music arranged by a Frenchman, and Prokofiev's Symphony No 5. Presented by Louise Fryer. Berlioz: Le Corsaire - Overture Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Musorgsky arranged by Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Emmanuel Plasson (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 in B flat major Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041015 | Ulster Orchestra Afternoon Performance rounds of its week of literature-inspired programmes with two settings of the same Yeats poem by Thomas Dunhill and Norman Hay, plus music by Mozart and Brahms. Presented by Louise Fryer. Dunhill: The Wind Among the Reeds Martyn Hill (tenor) Vernon Handley (conductor) Mozart: Divertimento in D, K136 David Porceljn (conductor) Hay: The Wind Among the Reeds - cantata Melanie Armitstead (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Renaissance (choir) Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F. | ||
| 20041018 | Ulster Orchestra There's a Czech flavour to this week's Afternoon Performance, beginning today with an Ulster Orchestra performance of Martinu's Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani. Plus Scandinavian music from a concert given by the Ulster Orchestra in the Usher Hall. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Martinu: Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani Janos Furst (conductor) (Recorded 14th August 2001) Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op 64 Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Nielsen: Symphony No 1in Gm (Recorded 30th August 2002). | ||
| 20041019 | BBC Philharmonic and BBC Singers Today's Czech piece is Dvorak Mass in D minor in its original version for soloists, chorus and organ, performed by the BBC Singers. The BBC Philharmonic also feature today with an ENGLISH programme of Walton and Bax. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Walton: Partita Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Dvorak: Mass in D for soloists, chorus and organ Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) Judith Harris (mezzo) Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) Stephen Charlesworth (baritone) BBC Singers Stephen Disley (organ) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Bax: Symphony No 6 in C Vernon Handley (conductor). | ||
| 20041020 | BBC Concert Orchestra The BBC Concert Orchestra embark on a journey down the Danube, through Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, in a concert given at the Royal Festival Hall in March this year, conducted by Barry Wordsworth. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Smetana: Overture - The Bartered Bride Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in Em, Op 72'2 Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 1in A Strauss: The Blue Danube Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 5 in F sharp m Waxman (arr Black): Taras Bulba Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | ||
| 20041021 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Live from Studio 1, GLASGOW. Sandy Burnett joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Titov in Studio 1GLASGOW for a live edition of Afternoon Performance. James Ehnes is soloist in Walton's Violin Concerto before the orchestra take centre stage with Rachmaninov's 3rd Symphony. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Shchedrin: Symphonic Fanfares Walton: Violin Concerto in Bm James Ehnes (violin) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20041022 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales The BBC National Orchestra of Wales take up this week's Czech theme with Dvorak's Violin Concerto peformed by Isabella Faust; part of a concert given by the orchestra in Theatr Hafren, Newtown in February. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Barber: Essay No 1 Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Dvorak: Violin Concerto in Am Isabella Faust (violin) Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le toit Mozart: Symphony No 41in C, 'Jupiter' David Porcelijn (conductor). | ||
| 20041025 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC SSO takes centre stage today with a programme including Strauss's light-hearted Don Quixote. Subtitled "fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character for large orchestra", the work is a mixture of tone poem, concerto and theme and variations. With Sarah Walker. Haydn: Symphony No 43 in E flat, 'Mercury' Federico Cortese (conductor) Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74 Yann Ghiro (clarinet) Garry Walker (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 Olari Elts (conductor) Strauss: Don Quixote, Op 35 Heinrich Schiff (conductor) Scott Dickinson (viola) Bruno Weinmeister (cello). | ||
| 20041026 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sarah Walker introduces a concert given earlier this month by the BBC NOW, including Strauss's second horn concerto and Mozart's "Prague" symphony. There's also a chance to hear Jonathan Harvey's wind serenade in homage to Mozart. Martinu: Toccata e due canzoni Strauss: Horn Concerto No 2 Michael Thompson (horn) Dvorak: Legends (Selection) Mozart: Symphony No 38 'Prague' Carlos Kalmar (conductor) Harvey: Serenade after Mozart Anthony Halstead (conductor). | ||
| 20041027 | BBC Philharmonic Sarah Walker introduces an all-Hungarian programme from the BBC Philharmonic, including a rare opportunity to hear Erno Dohnanyi's second piano concerto. Liszt: Two Legends Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Dohnanyi: Piano Concerto No 2 Howard Shelley (piano) Matthias Bamert (conductor) Liszt: A Faust Symphony. | ||
| 20041028 | BBC Philharmonic Live Tommy Pearson introduces a special live edition of Afternoon Performance, from Studio 7 in MANCHESTER. Edward Downes conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Glinka: Overture to Ruslan & Ludmilla Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 26 Anthony Marwood (violin) Brahms: Symphony No 1 in Cm, Op 68 Sir Edward Downes (conductor). | ||
| 20041029 | Ulster Orchestra In the last of this week's programmes, Sarah Walker introduces a concert given earlier this month by the Ulster Orchestra with the City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, who join forces in a performance of Bob Chilcott's 2002 piece, Tandem. Bernstein: Overture - Candide Chilcott: Tandem (with City of Belfast Youth Orchestra) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 Tchaikovsky: SLEEPing Beauty (extracts) Glazunov: The Seasons Raphael Oleg (violin) Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20041101 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales In the first of this week's programmes the BBC NOW takes centre stage with a programme including the Symphonie Espagnole by Lalo, a violin concerto in all but name. Introduced by Graeme Kay. Elgar: Serenade for Strings Lesley Hatfield (director) Bridge: The Sea Richard Hickox (conductor) Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Olivier Charlier (violin) Walton: Symphony No 1 Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20041102 | BBC Singers and BBC Philharmonic. Graeme Kay introduces an all-French edition of Afternoon Performance, with Saint-Saens and Franck from the BBC Philharmonic, and a performance of Durufle's Requiem given last month by the BBC Singers. Durufle: Four Motets on Gregorian Themes Stephen Disley (organ) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5 Stephen Hough (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Franck: Symphony in Dm Durufle: Requiem. | ||
| 20041103 | BBC Philharmonic Live Graeme Kay is in Studio 7 in MANCHESTER today for a special live edition of Afternoon Performance, courtesy of the BBC Philharmonic. Liszt: Les Preludes Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em, Op 64 Mayuko Kamio (violin) Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in Em, Op 95 'From the New World' Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041104 | BBC Philharmonic With Graeme Kay. In today's programme, a chance to hear the Polish composer Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's incidental music to a drama by Jozafat Nowinski, The White Dove. Mendelssohn: Overture, Ruy Blas Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 Nikolai Tokarev (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Karlowicz: Incidental Music to the White Dove Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' Jonathan Scott (organ) Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber. | ||
| 20041105 | BBC Singers Live Graeme Kay presents a special live edition of Afternoon Performance from St Paul's church in LONDON's Knightsbridge. Celso Antunes conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of Musical Fireworks: Music of Revolution and Change, including music by Weelkes, Allison, Britten and Schoenberg. | ||
| 20041108 | Ulster Orchestra Lagan goes Latin This week Afternoon Performance features a series of concerts given by the Ulster Orchestra to celebrate music from Iberia and Latin America - Lagan goes Latin. Today it's a feast of Spanish music, including Falla's ballet El Amor Brujo. Presented by John Shea. Arriga: Overture Los Esclavos felices Rodrigo: Sarabanda lejana y villancico Falla arr Halffter: Seven Popular Spanish songs Graciela Araya (mezzo-soprano) Gerhard Suite: Alegrias Falla: El amor brujo Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana Max Bragado-Darman (conductor). | ||
| 20041109 | Ulster Orchestra Lagan goes Latin The Ulster Orchestra's series of Iberian and Latin American music continues. Today's selection includes a rare chance to hear Alfredo Napoleao's Piano Concerto - the first performance outside Portugal - given by Artur Pizarro. Presented by John Shea. Albeniz: Almeria (from Iberia) Napoleao: Piano Concerto Artur Pizarro (piano) Halffter: Sonatina Adrian Leaper (conductor) Boccherini, arr Abrill: Introduction and Fandango Max Bragado-Darman (conductor). | ||
| 20041110 | Ulster Orchestra Lagan goes Latin Afternoon Performance continues the Ulster Orchestra's celebration of Iberian and Latin American music, today featuring music from Brazil, ARGENTINA and Mexico. There's a chance to hear Piazzolla's Concerto for Bandoneon, an Argentinean version of the piano accordion. Presented by John Shea. Palau: Concierto levantino Fabio Zanon (guitar) Max Bragado-Darman (conductor) Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 9 Piazzolla: Bandoneon Concerto Dermot Dunne (accordion) Revueltas: El renacuajo paseador Guarnieri: Abertura concertante Piazzolla: The Four Seasons Celso Antunes (conductor). | ||
| 20041111 | Ulster Orchestra Lagan goes Latin The Ulster Orchestra continues its Lagan goes Latin series with a mainly Mexican programme, conducted by the Mexican conductor Enrique Barrios. This is followed by Guridi's 10 Basque Melodies, incorporating Spanish folk music. Presented by John Shea. Revueltas: Janitzio Revueltas: Homanaje a Federico Garcia Lorca Moncayo: Huapango Chavez: Sinfonia No 5 Marquez: Danzon No 2 Enrique Barrios (conductor) Guridi: 10 Basque melodies Max Bragado-Darman (conductor). | ||
| 20041112 | Ulster Orchestra Lagan goes Latin The Ulster Orchestra's Lagan goes Latin series concludes with music from Spain, ARGENTINA and Brazil. Catherine Bott is soloist in Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 by Villa-Lobos and Canciones Negras by Montsalvatge. Presented by John Shea. Gerhard: Dances from Don Quixote Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 Catherine Bott (soprano) Ginastera: Estancia Granados: Tres Danzas Espanolas Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas Montsalvatge: Canciones Negras Falla: 3 Cornered Hat Suite No 2 Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor). | ||
| 20041115 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs romantic symphonies in a concert recorded at St David's Hall in Cardiff in June. John Lill is the soloist for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 2, then the orchestra perform Bruckner's exhilarating 9th Symphony. Presented by Louise Fryer Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major John Lill (piano) Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D major Walter Weller (conductor). | ||
| 20041116 | The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform an all-RUSSIAn programme. There's ballet music from Stravinsky, Simon Trpceski gives a fast and thrilling performance of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto, and today's romantic symphony is Tchaikovsky's Little RUSSIAn. Presented by Louise Fryer. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major Simon Trpceski (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little RUSSIAn' Alan Buribayev (conductor). | ||
| 20041117 | A concert given by the BBC Philharmonic in the Victoria Hall, Hanley, in December last year. Enrico Dindo is soloist in Dvorak's mighty cello concerto, and today's romantic symphony is Beethoven's 2nd. Presented by Louise Fryer. Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor Enrico Dindo (cello) Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D major Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041118 | BBC Symphony Orchestra - live from Hammersmith Town Hall The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the resident orchestra of Hammersmith and Fulham, and perform today's Afternoon Performance live from Hammersmith Town Hall. They're joined by Richard Simpson for Vaughan Williams' Oboe Concerto, before Nielsen's Inextinguishable symphony. Presented by Louise Fryer. Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 2 Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in Am Richard Simpson (oboe) Nielsen: Symphony No 4 'The Inextinguishable' Joseph Swensen (conductor). | ||
| 20041119 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic is joined by Yuri Torchinsky for Beethoven's lyrical F major Romance. Then music on a much grander scale as Vassily Sinaisky conducts the orchestra in Mahler's 7th Symphony. Presented by Louise Fryer. Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Yuri Torchinsky (violin) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20041122 | BBC Singers & BBC National Orchestra of WalesBRITISH Connections Sandy Burnett introduces music for St Cecilia's Day by Benjamin Britten, whose birthday it is today. And a chance to hear more British music from the BBC NOW, in a concert given as part of this year's Cheltenham Festival. Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia for chorus, Op 27 BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Berkeley: Concerto for viola, cor anglais and orchestra "Tristessa" Steven Burnard (viola) Celia Craig (cor anglais) Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Elgar: Variations on an original theme 'Enigma', Op 36 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20041123 | BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraBRITISH Connections The BBC SSO takes centre stage today with a programme including symphonies by Haydn and Mendelssohn, both of which received their first performances in LONDON. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Maxwell Davies: An Orkney wedding, with sunrise Iain MacDonald (Bagpipes) Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 100 in G 'Military' David Porcelijn (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass tuba and orchestra in Fm Chris McShane (tuba) Garry Walker (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in Am, Op 56 'Scottish' Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20041124 | BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraBRITISH Connections The third of this week's programmes features another programme from the BBC SSO, including Elgar's second symphony and Vaughan Williams's work based on an old ENGLISH folk melody. Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives & Lazarus for string orchestra & harp Christopher Austin (conductor) Grieg: Piano Concerto in Am Op 16 Noriko Ogawa (piano) Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat, Op 63 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20041125 | BBC Philharmonic/BBC SingersBRITISH Connections In today's programme, former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sally Matthews is the soloist in Britten's sensuous song-cycle on poems by Arthur Rimbaud with the BBC Phiharmonic. There's also a chance to hear a symphony by a composer very close to Britten's heart, Schubert. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op 40 Britten Les Illuminations for voice & string orchestra, Op 18 Sally Matthews (soprano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic' Douglas Boyd (conductor) Arnold: ENGLISH Dances, set 2, Op 33 Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20041126 | BBC National Orchestra of WalesBRITISH Connections In the last of this week's programmes, the BBC NOW takes centre stage with an all-British programme including Walton's concerto that was commissioned by the great RUSSIAn-born cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, and Holst's The Planets. Bridge: There is Willow grows Aslant a Brook Richard Hickox (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Steven Isserlis (cello) Holst: The Planets BBC National Chorus of Wales (female voices) | ||
| 20041129 | Far From Home BBC Symphony Orchestra Taking up this week's Lunchtime Concerts "Far From Home" theme, Afternoon Performance follows the BBC Symphony Orchestra on some of their travels over the past year. Today, a concert given last month in the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. Introduced by Edward Seckerson. Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter Sibelius: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20041130 | Far From Home BBC Symphony Orchestra Today Edward Seckerson introduces performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra earlier this year, in Bad Kissingen and Prague. Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op 115 Philippe Auguin (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 17 in Gm, K453 Emanuel Ax (piano) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Symphony for Viola & Orchestra, Op 16 Tabea Zimmermann (viola) | ||
| 20041201 | Far From Home BBC Symphony Orchestra In the third of this week's programmes, a chance to hear a concert given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in October in the Sala Sao Paulo in Brazil. Introduced by Edward Seckerson. Lindberg: Chorale on Bach's 'Es ist genug' Berg: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Bruckner: Symphony No 9 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20041202 | A Great and Mighty Wonder BBC Singers Live Edward Seckerson introduces choral music for the Advent and CHRISTMAS seasons by some of the best known ENGLISH and Continental composers of the Renaissance including Gombert, Palestrina, Byrd, and Sheppard. Conductor Bo Holten is a regular guest director of the BBC Singers and a specialist in the early music field. Start your seasonal festivities early with this concert, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from one of LONDON's great Renaissance Churches, St Bartholomew the Great. | ||
| 20041203 | Far from Home BBC Symphony Orchestra In the last of this week's programmes, Edward Seckerson introduces a concert given in Wiesbaden this summer by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Liszt (arr John Adams): La lugubre gondola, S200 Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 in Em, Op 11 Lang Lang (piano) Schumann: Symphony No 1 in B flat, 'Spring', Op 38 Lawrence Foster (conductor). | ||
| 20041206 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic perform an all RUSSIAn programme, including film music by Shostakovich, and a work which is quite a rarity outside RUSSIA - Lyapunov's Symphony No 1. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Glinka: Souvenir d'une nuit d'ete a Madrid Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite Lyapunov: Symphony No 1in Bm | ||
| 20041207 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's Afternoon Performance includes a concert given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in April, featuring French music conducted by Emmanuel Plasson. And Ilan Volkov conducts the Song of the NIGHTINGALE, from Stravinsky's fairytale opera. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict Overture Andrew Litton (conductor) Stravinsky: Chant du Rossignol Ilan Volkov (conductor) Lalo: Cello concerto in D minor Xavier Phillips (cello) Franck Le Chasseur maudit Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le Toit Emmanuel Plasson (conductor). | ||
| 20041208 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Today's Afternoon Performance features a concert which the BBC National Orchestra of Wales gave in the North Wales Theatre in Llandudno in March. Before that, Tadaaki Otaka conducts Bizet's Dr Miracle Overture. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Bizet: Dr Miracle Overture Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D, 'Clock' Mozart: Horn concerto No 3 in E flat, K447 Stephen Stirling (horn) Faure: Dolly Suite Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf Jamie Owen (narrator) Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20041209 | BBC Philharmonic Today's programme from the BBC Philharmonic features Respighi as composer and arranger. Plus Rachmaninov's take on Paganini, and Yoshimatsu's The Age of Birds. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Bach (arr Respighi): Prelude & Fugue in D, BWV 532 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Nelson Goener (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Yoshimatsu: The Age of Birds Sachio Fujioka (conductor) Rachmaninov (orch Respighi): 3 Etudes Tableaux Respighi: Pines of Rome Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20041210 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's programme is a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave in a brand new concert hall in the small town of Parnu, Estonia in March. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements Dvorak: The Wild Dove Tuur: Aditus Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20041213 | BBC Philharmonic Louise Fryer presents a week of piano concertos. Today's programme includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 2, performed by Peter Jablonski as part of a concert the BBC Philharmonic gave at the Bridgewater Hall, MANCHESTER, in February. MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) Peter Jablonski (piano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041214 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance continues its piano concerto theme with Beethoven's 3rd, performed by Martin Roscoe. It formed part of a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave in Studio One GLASGOW in December last year. Presented by Louise Fryer. Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel James Rutherford (baritone) David Porcelijn (conductor) Orr: Symphony No 1 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in Cm Martin Roscoe (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No 6 in Dm Douglas Boyd (conductor). | ||
| 20041215 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Today's Afternoon Performance includes a concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, in March. The piano concerto theme continues with Shostakovich's 1st, for piano, trumpet and strings. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bach: Suite No 2 in Bm, BWV 1067 James Clark (conductor) Brahms: Tragic Overture M Berkeley: Gethsemane Fragments MacMillan: The World's Ransoming Celia Craig (cor anglais) Shostakovich: Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings in Cm Peter Jablonski (piano) Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Haydn: Symphony No 95 in Cm Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| 20041216 | BBC Philharmonic Today's programme includes a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic last year in Chester Cathedral. This week's piano concerto theme continues with Paul Lewis as the soloist in Mozart's concerto No 23, before an exciting interpretation of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Presented by Louise Fryer. Shostakovich: Fragments from the Maxim TrilogySHEFFIELD Philharmonic Chorus Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Borodin: Prince Igor - Overture Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Paul Lewis (piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in Em Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20041217 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Today's programme features a concert given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at St David's Hall, Cardiff, in March. It includes Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand, performed by Louis Lortie. Presented by Louise Fryer. Roussel: Bacchus et Ariadne - Suite No 2 Walter Weller (conductor) Dutilleux: Metaboles Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand in D Louis Lortie (piano) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Thierry Fischer (conductor). | ||
| 20041220 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage today with a feast of RUSSIAn music. There's also a chance to hear 15-year-old clarinettist Julian Bliss play Weber's first concerto. Presented by Warwick Thompson. Szymanowski: Concert Overture in E Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 Kathryn Stott (piano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite - The Snow Maiden Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1 Julian Bliss (clarinet) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 | ||
| 20041221 | BBC Singers Warwick Thompson introduces a concert of Spanish Renaissance music for CHRISTMAS given last Friday by the BBC Singers with His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, conducted by Peter Philips. | ||
| 20041222 | BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Seckerson introduces a programme of songs from the shows, performed by Willard White with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Lisa Milne with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. | ||
| 20041223 | BBC Philharmonic Warwick Thompson introduces performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, and Rimksy-Korsakov's Sheherazade. Berlioz: Le Corsaire overture Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5, "Emperor" Howard Shelley (piano) Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20041224 | BBC Concert Orchestra Kit and the Widow bring their own brand of festive cheer to today's Afternoon Performance, with a concert recorded earlier this week at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in LONDON. Usually two men and a piano, they've been let loose on the BBC Concert Orchestra and special guest, soprano Catherine Bott. | ||
| 20041227 | Best of 2004 Martin Handley introduces the first of five programmes this week focusing on the BBC performing groups' highlights of 2004. Today, a chance to hear something from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Cage Uncaged weekend in January, and Dvorak from the Philharmonic. William Schuman: New ENGLAND Triptych BBC Symphony Orchestra Lawrence Foster (conductor) Dvorak: Suite in A BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 BBC Nation Orchestra of Wales Ashley Wass (piano) Luke Dollman (conductor) Strauss: Don Juan BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20041228 | Best of 2004 BBC Symphony Orchestra With Martin Handley. The BBC Symphony Orchestra takes centre stage today as Martin Handley introduces highlights of their Finnish Weekend which took place at LONDON's Barbican Centre in June. Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts. Lindberg: Feria Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Sibelius: Orchestral Songs Gabriel Suovanen (baritone) Tiensuu: Puro Saariaho: Oltra Mar Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Kari Krikku (clarinet) BBC Symphony Chorus | ||
| 20041229 | Best of 2004 BBC Nation Orchestra of Wales A chance to hear the BBC NOW's highlights of 2004 today, including Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the British tenor James Gilchrist, and a Rachmaninov piano concerto from Stephen Hough. Presented by Martin Handley. Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings James Gilchrist (tenor) Stephen Stirling (horn) Richard Hickox (conductor) Debussy: Jeux Thierry Fischer (conductor) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 Stephen Hough (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 | ||
| 20041230 | Best of 2004 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martin Handley introduces the BBC SSO's highlights of 2004, including a concert given in Aberdeen last April. Haydn: Symphony No 104 Ilan Volkov (conductor) Rouders: Fairytale Sibelius: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 "Scottish" Ilya Gringolts (violin) | ||
| 20041231 | Best of 2004 BBC Philharmonic In the last Afternoon Performance of the year, a chance to hear some of the fruits of the BBC Philharmonic's September tour which included concerts in the Rudolfinum in Prague as part of the Prague Autumn Festival. With Martin Handley. Dvorak: The Water Goblin Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Smetana: Richard III Elgar: Cello Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 Paul Watkins (cello) | ||
| 20050103 | BBC Philharmonic This year's Afternoon Performance begins with a week celebrating 20th Century symphonies. Today's offering only just makes it into the century - Sibelius's 2nd, written in 1901. And the BBC Philharmonic are joined by The Sixteen for a choral concert given in Zaragoza. Presented by Sarah Walker. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Howells: Take Him Earth for Cherishing Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Faure: Requiem Libby Crabtree (soprano) Jonathan Arnold (baritone) The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20050104 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's Afternoon Performance includes a concert given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Ayr Town Hall last year. And today's 20th Century symphony is Elgar's 3rd, completed by Anthony Payne. Presented by Sarah Walker. Bach: Violin Concerto No 1 in Am, BWV 1041 Elizabeth Layton (violin) Rachmaninov: Vocalise Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete Elizabeth Layton (director) Elgar (compl Payne): Symphony No 3 in Cm Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20050105 | BBC Philharmonic Afternoon Performance's 20th Century symphony theme continues with John McCabe's Symphony No 4, written in the 1990s. And there's more ENGLISH music from Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams. Presented by Sarah Walker. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture Yan Pascal Tortelier (cond) Delius: Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Vaughan Williams: The 49th Parallel - suite Emily Gray (soprano) Rumon Gamba (conductor) McCabe: Symphony No 4,'Of Time and the River' Clark Rundell (conductor). | ||
| 20050106 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Today's programme features a concert the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave in the Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Madrid as part of its European tour in May last year. Emanuel Ax is soloist in one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos, and today's 20th Century symphony is very firmly set in The Year 1905. Presented by Sarah Walker. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 in Dm, K466 Chopin: Nocturne in F Emanuel Ax (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 11in Gm, 'The Year 1905' Leonard Slatkin (conductor). | ||
| 20050107 | BBC National Orchestra/Chorus of Wales Today's programme features a concert the BBC National Chorus of Wales gave in St David's Cathedral, Pembrokshire, to celebrate its 21st anniversary last year. And the 20th Century symphony theme concludes with Lennox Berkeley's 1979 Symphony No 4. Presented by Sarah Walker. Mathias: O Sing Unto the Lord; Partita for organ Hoddinott: 2 Welsh Songs Mathias: Improvisations for solo harp Hardy: Not Darkness but Twilight Hoddinott: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Ives: Variations on America for organ Bernstein: Chichester Psalms BBC National Chorus of Wales Charles Humphries (counter-tenor) Richard Jeremy (tenor) George Banks Martin (bass) Graham Bradley, Chris Stock, Jonathan Helm (percussion) Catherine Beynon (harp) David Goode (organ) Adrian Partington (conductor) L Berkeley: Symphony No 4 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050110 | The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play a RUSSIAn and French programme, including a chance to hear Shostakovich's less well known 2nd Cello Concerto performed by Radio 3 New Generation Artist, CHRISTIAN Poltera. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Olari Elts (conductor) Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2 in GCHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Baldur Bronnimann (conductor) Pierne Fantasie-ballet for Piano and Orchestra Stephen Coombs (piano) Ronald Corp (conductor) Debussy: Images Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050111 | Ulster Orchestra The Ulster Orchestra play a programme of Austro-German music, including Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15 with Alexander Madzar as soloist. Presented by Sandy Burnett Beethoven: Egmont Overture Thierry Fischer (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K 450 Alexander Madzar (piano) Raymond Leppard (conductor) JC Bach: Grand Overture in D, Op 18'3 Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat 'Eroica' | ||
| 20050112 | BBC Symphony Orchestra The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform music by the American composer Lowell Liebermann inspired by Mozart. Plus former New Generation Artist Claudio Bohorquez is soloist in the cello concerto by Saint-Saens. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Mozart: Clemenza di Tito OvertureCHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor) Liebermann: Variations on a Theme of Mozart Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Delius: Irmelin Prelude Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1in Am Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 3 in FCHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050113 | BBC Philharmonic Afternoon Performance looks forward to this weekend's Darkness into Light celebration of James MacMillian with Scottish inspired music from Mendelssohn and Arnold. Plus performances the BBC Philharmonic gave of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No 1 and Schubert's 'Great' Symphony in Chester Cathedral. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Arnold: Scottish Dances Rumon Gamba (conductor) Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1in Gm Howard Shelley (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 9 'Great' | ||
| 20050114 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra In today's programme there's a rare chance to hear music by the Scottish composer Frederic Lamond, recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Plus music by Ravel, Debussy and Bartok. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Ravel: Sheherazade - overture Ilan Volkov (conductor) Debussy: Petite Suite Emmanuel Plasson (conductor) Lamond: Schwertertanz Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bartok: Divertimento for strings Lamond: Symphony in A | ||
| 20050117 | New Generation Artists Petroc Trelawny presents a week of programmes showcasing some of Radio 3's New Generation Artists past and present, all exceptionally talented musicians who are just starting to make a mark on the international scene. Today, the Swedish clarinettist Martin Frost takes centre stage with the BBC SSO for a performance of Mozart's clarinet concerto. Schubert: Overture in C Haydn: Symphony No 48, "Maria Theresa" Ilan Volkov (conductor) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Martin Frost (bassett clarinet) Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 5 Garry Walker (conductor). | ||
| 20050118 | New Generation Artists The Afternoon Performance spotlight falls on the British viola player Lawrence Power, with a rarely-performed concerto by YORK Bowen. A Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2001-3, Lawrence Power is in demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Britten: Suite - GlorianaYORK Bowen: Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Elgar: Enigma Variations Garry Walker (conductor). | ||
| 20050119 | New Generation Artists Petroc Trelawny introduces a special edition of Afternoon Performance live from St David's Hall in Cardiff. The BBC NOW is joined by two of Radio 3's New Generation Artists, trumpeter Alison Balsom and percussionist Colin Currie. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Berkeley: Gregorian Variations Copland: Quiet City Torke: Rapture Alison Balsom (trumpet) Colin Currie (percussion) Jac van Steen (conductor). | ||
| 20050120 | New Generation Artists With Petroc Trelawny. Dutch violinist Janine Jansen takes centre stage today with Britten's violin concerto. A member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme from 2002-4, Janine Jansen has won many prizes and is in huge demand as a soloist. Schubert: Overture in Em Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Britten: Violin Concerto Janine Jansen (violin) Mahler: Symphony No 4 Rebecca Evans (soprano) | ||
| 20050121 | New Generation Artists In the last of this week's programmes, Petroc Trelawny introduces a special live edition from Maida Vale studios, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Darlington. Swiss cellist CHRISTIAN Poltera, a Radio 3 New Generation Artist, is the soloist in Lutoslawski's cello concerto. Wagner: Meistersinger Overture Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto Prokofiev: Symphony No 6CHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Jonathan Darlington (conductor). | ||
| 20050124 | BBC NOW: The Magic of Italy Martin Handley introduces the first of five programmes this week of music inspired by Italy. Today the BBC NOW takes centre stage with works by Wolf and Mendlessohn, and Brahms' second piano concerto, which the composer began sketching whilst on holiday in Italy in 1878. Wolf: Italian Serenade Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 Martin Roscoe (piano) Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4, "Italian" Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050125 | BBC Philharmonic: The Magic of Italy In the second of this week's programmes exploring the magic of Italy, Martin Handley introduces works by Italian composers alongside Berlioz's evocative symphony for viola and orchestra, inspired by fond memories of the country. Rossini: Overture: William Tell Respighi: Fountains of Rome Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Berlioz: Harold in Italy Philip Dukes (viola) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien Marin Alsop (conductor). | ||
| 20050126 | BBC Philharmonic: The Magic of Italy The BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage as Martin Handley introduces more music connected with Italy, including Elgar's second symphony, inspired by a visit to Venice in 1909. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Grieg: Piano Concerto Elgar: Symphony No 2 Lukas Vondracek (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050127 | BBC NOW: The Magic of Italy Martin Handley explores more Italian connections today with music by Respighi, and Elgar's overture inspired by a visit to Alassio. Elgar: In the South Richard Hickox (conductor) Respighi: The Birds James Judd (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4CHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050128 | BBC Symphony Orchestra The Magic of Italy In the last of this week's programme exploring Italian connections, Martin Handley introduces music by Wagner, Liszt and Tchaikovsky, all of whom were inspired by Italy. Verdi: Va Pensiero (Nabucco) Wagner: Prelude: Parsifal Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 Alfredo Perl (piano) Yakov Kreizberg (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Ola Rudner (conductor) Liszt (arr Adams): The Black Gondola Lawrence Foster (conductor). | ||
| 20050131 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales There's a RUSSIAn theme to this week's Afternoon Performance, beginning today with Prokofiev's 1st Violin Concerto performed by Cecilia Zillacus. It forms part of a concert the BBC National Orchestra of Wales gave in the Prichard Jones Hall, Bangor, last March. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Mahler: Blumine Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings James Gilchrist (tenor) Stephen Stirling (horn) Poulenc: Sinfonietta Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050201 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's programme is a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave in Oviedo, as part of their 2004 Spanish tour. The RUSSIAn theme continues with Ha-na Chang's powerful interpretation of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1, and Rachmaninov's 2nd Symphony. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Breton: En la Alhambra Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat Ha-na Chang (cello) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in Em Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050202 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC SSO continue this week's RUSSIAn theme with a performance of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony from GLASGOW's Royal Concert Hall, and there's Hungarian music from Bartok and Ligeti. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Bartok: Dance Suite Ligeti: Romanian Concerto Bartok: Transylvanian Dances Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in Em Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050203 | BBC Philharmonic Live Edward Seckerson joins the BBC Philharmonic for a live edition of Afternoon Performance from Broadcasting House in MANCHESTER. The RUSSIAn theme continues with Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with James Ehnes as soloist, and then the orchestra take centre stage with Brahms's Symphony No 2. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D James Ehnes (violin) Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20050204 | BBC Philharmonic Today's Afternoon Performance is a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic at the Bridgewater Hall, MANCHESTER in April last year. The RUSSIAn theme continues with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Castiglioni: Sinfonia con Giardino Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F 'Pastoral' Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050207 | Afternoon Performance: BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers Louise Fryer presents an Afternoon Performance with a very ENGLISH flavour, including today the first broadcast Robert Walker's performing realisation of the sketches, drafts and recordings of Edward Elgar's unfinished Piano Concerto. Plus the UK premiere of Edward Cowie's Ave Maria which forms part of a concert of British choral music the BBC Singers recorded in the Great Hall at Lancaster University. Swayne: Magnificat Elizabeth Poole (soprano) Tallis: Ave rosa sine spinis MacMillan: Seinte Mari Moder Milde Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Olivia Robinson (soprano) Neil Mackenzie (tenor) Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Iain Farrington (organ) David Hill (conductor) Elgar orch Wood: 4 Songs for orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra David Lloyd Jones (conductor) Cowie: Ave Maria Byrd: Magnificat 'The Great Service' Elgar/Walker Piano Concerto (first broadcast) David Owen-Norris (piano) | ||
| 20050208 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The ENGLISH theme continues with a rare chance to hear Rutland Boughton's Trumpet Concerto, performed by John Wallace with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Plus extracts from one of the most ENGLISH of operas, Britten's Peter Grimes. Presented by Louise Fryer. Britten: 4 Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Boughton: Trumpet Concerto John Wallace (trumpet) Simon Wright (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D David Porcelijn (conductor). | ||
| 20050209 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sarah Walker joins the BBC National Orchestra at St David's Hall, Cardiff, for a live edition of Afternoon Performance. The ENGLISH theme continues with Holst's Scherzo, Alun Hoddinott's Violin Concerto No 2, and Bax's Symphony No 3. Holst: Scherzo for Orchestra Hoddinott: Violin Concerto No 2 'Le Mistral' Olivier Charlier (violin) Bax: Symphony No 3 in C Douglas Bostock (conductor). | ||
| 20050210 | BBC Philharmonic There's music for the stage and the screen in today's Afternoon Performance from the BBC Philharmonic, and the ENGLISH theme continues with Tippett's A Child of Our Time. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bernstein: Candide Overture Rumon Gamba (conductor) Tippett: A Child of Our Time Susan Gritton (soprano) Simon Barker (treble) Jane Irwin (mezzo) Christopher Gillet (tenor) Neal Davies (baritone)LEEDS Festival Chorus Simon Wright (conductor) Shostakovich: A Girl Alone (extracts from the film score) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050211 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic round off this week of ENGLISH themed programmes with film music by Vaughan Williams, and the Symphony No 3 by Cyril Scott. Plus Stanislaw Bunin gives a poetic account of Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto. Presented by Louise Fryer. Vaughan Williams: The ENGLAND of Elizabeth - music for the film Chethams Chamber Choir Rumon Gamba (conductor) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in Fm Stanislaw Bunin (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Scott: Symphony No 3 'The Muses' Huddersfield Choral Society Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20050214 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Eastern Promise Edward Seckerson introduces the first of five programmes this week featuring works influenced by the East. Today the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs the suite from Britten's ballet The Prince of the Pagodas, which draws on the sounds of the Balinese gamelan. Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique Jukka Pekka Saraste (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes BBC Symphony Chorus Women's Voices David Robertson (conductor) Raitio: Fantasia Poetica Britten Suite: The Prince of the Pagodas Leonard Slatkin (conductor). | ||
| 20050215 | Eastern Promise Edward Seckerson introduces more music inspired by the East, courtesy of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. When he was fourteen, Ravel visited to the great Exposition Universelle where he encountered the Javanese gamelan, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade for the first time, both of which had a profound influence on his own Sheherazade overture, composed in 1898. Ravel: Sheherazade (Overture) Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi Susan Bullock (soprano) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Lutoslawski: Funeral Music for Strings Heinrich Schiff (conductor) Prokofiev Suite: Romeo and Juliet Alexander Titov (conductor) Wagner: Tristan - Prelude and Liebestod | ||
| 20050216 | Eastern Promise BBC Philharmonic With Edward Seckerson. The BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage today with a programme that includes the overture to Borodin's opera Prince Igor in which the Prince leads his army against the Polovtsi, a nomadic tribe of Turkish origin who make a habit of invading RUSSIA. Borodin: Overture - Prince Igor Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Suite No 3 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Debussy: La Me r Lili Boulanger: Psalm 129 James Rutherford (baritone) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Prokofiev: Suite - Egyptian Nights Edward Downes (conductor). | ||
| 20050217 | Eastern Promise BBC Philharmonic Edward Seckerson introduces more music by composers who were influenced by the East, among them Gustav Holst. Subtitled the 'oriental suite', Beni Mora was directly inspired by a holiday in Algeria in 1908. Holst: Beni Mora Garry Walker (conductor) Balakirev: Symphony No 2 Szymanowski: Symphony No 4 (Symphonie-concertante) Howard Shelley (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Stravinsky: Suite - The Firebird (1945) | ||
| 20050221 | Celebrating Mozart BBC Symphony Orchestra Sarah Walker presents the first of five programmes this week celebrating Mozart. Today, two Mozart works specially recorded for Afternoon Performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including the "Jupiter" symphony. There's also a chance to hear Lowell Liebermann's Variations on a Theme of Mozart, described by Liebermann himself as "quirky and somewhat irreverent". Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di TitoCHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor) Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1 in Am, Op 33 Claudio Bohorquez (cello) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Liebermann: Nocturne Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Andrew Davis (conductor) Liebermann: Variations on a Theme of Mozart Mozart: Symphony No 41 "Jupiter"CHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050222 | Celebrating Mozart BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sarah Walker introduces a concert given by the BBC NOW in October that included Mozart's "Prague" symphony alongside works by Martinu , Dvorak and Strauss. Martinu: Toccata e due canzoni Strauss: Horn Concerto No 2 Dvorak: Legends Nos 3, 6, & 10 Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D "Prague" Michael Thompson (horn) Carlos Kalmar (conductor) Novak: In the Tatra Mountains Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050223 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Live Sarah Walker introduces a special live edition of Afternoon Performance from St David's Hall in Cardiff. CHRISTIAN Gansch conducts, and David Pyatt is the soloist in the horn concerto by the RUSSIAn composer Rienhold Gliere. Pyatt shot to fame in 1988 when, aged 14, he became the youngest ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. He has since been in demand as a soloist all over the world. Dukas: La Peri Gliere: Horn Concerto Saint-Saens: Phaeton Janacek: Taras Bulba David Pyatt (horn)CHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050228 | Afternoon Performance features music from the stage and screen, beginning with the Ulster Orchestra performing Copland's Music for Movies. Plus, there's music from the opera with the dances from Glinka's Russlan and Ludmilla. Presented by Martin Handley. Gardner: Blue Poles Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) Copland: Music for Radio Rumon Gamba (conductor) Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla; Magic Dances March Oriental Dances Alexander Anissimov (conductor) Copland: Music for Movies Rawsthorne: Improvisations on a theme of Constant Lambert Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20050301 | The stage and screen theme continues with Nino Rota's suite from the film score La Strada, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Richard Hickox. Plus, there's music with a Spanish flavour from Lalo, his Symphonie Espagnole. Presented by Martin Handley. Ravel: Alborada del gracioso Richard Hickox (conductor) Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Olivier Charlier (violin) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Rota: La Strada - suite Respighi: The Fountains of Rome | ||
| 20050302 | BBC Concert Orchestra Martin Handley joins the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in LONDON for a live edition of Afternoon Performance. New Generation Artists Colin Currie and Martin Frost perform, and the stage and screen continues with ballet music from Khachaturian and film music from John Williams. Wagner: Die Meistersingers Overture Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations Martin Frost (clarinet) Khachaturian: Gayane - excerpts Malcolm Arnold (arr Lane): Sea Shanties Thea Musgrave: Wood, Metal, Skin Colin Currie (percussion) John Williams: film music Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | ||
| 20050303 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance continues its stage and screen theme with ENGLISH film music by Britten, Elisabeth Lutyens, and Richard Rodney Bennett. And there's a chance to hear Bach arranged by eminent British conductors. Presented by Martin Handley. Britten: Love from a Stranger- music from the film Jac van Steen (conductor) Bach (arr Sargent): Air on a G String Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite No 2 Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Lutyens: Music from The Skull Bach (arr Wood): Orchestral Suite No 6 Bennett: The Return of the Soldier - music from the film | ||
| 20050304 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic round off Afternoon Performance's week celebrating stage and screen with film music by Ron Goodwin, and ballet music by Tchaikovsky. Presented by Martin Handley. Goodwin: 633 Squadron - main theme; Frenzy - LONDON theme; Lancelot & Guinevere - main theme; Deadly Strangers - main theme Rumon Gamba (conductor) Prokofiev: Egyptian Nights - suite Edward Downes (conductor) Goodwin: Battle of Britain - Suite Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Act II Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050307 | Today's Afternoon Performance includes a performance the BBC Philharmonic gave on tour in Germany at Eurogress, Aachen. They are joined by the pianist Nikolai Tokarev for Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no 1, before Franck's lyrical Symphony in D minor. Presented by Louise Fryer. Beethoven: Egmont Overture Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor) Recorded 17 March 2004 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 in B flat m Nikolai Tokarev (piano) Franck: Symphony in D minor Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Recorded 23 October 2003. | ||
| 20050308 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra A concert given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the City Hall, Perth, in January last year. They're joined by Hagai Shaham for Hubay's virtuosic Concerto Dramatique. Presented by Louise Fryer. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn Hubay: Violin Concerto No 1 in Am 'Concerto Dramatique' Hagai Shaham (violin) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in Dm Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20050309 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Today's programme includes a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave at the MacRobert Arts Centre in Stirling last year, featuring New Generation Artist CHRISTIAN Poltera as soloist in Haydn's D Major Cello Concerto. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D, BWV 1068 David Porcelijn (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D 'Classical' Haydn: Cello Concerto in DCHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Mozart: The Magic Flute - Overture Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat Alan Buribayev (conductor). | ||
| 20050311 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales round off this week of Afternoon Performance with a feast of ENGLISH music, including Holst's Planets Suite with Colin Matthews' addition of Pluto. Presented by Louise Fryer. Holst: The Hymn of Jesus Gloucester Cathedral Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus Lesley Hatfield (director) Holst: The Planets Matthews: Pluto David Atherton (conductor). | ||
| 20050314 | Warwick Thompson introduces the first of five programmes this week focusing on RUSSIAn music, with the BBC SSO performing works including Prokofiev's Symphony No 7. Composed in 1952, it was the last work Prokofiev finished, and was composed specially for children's radio. Stravinsky: Song of the NIGHTINGALE Ilan Volkov (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Marie-Elisabeth Lott (violin) Olari Elts (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 7 Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20050315 | BBC NOW In the second of this week's programmes focusing on RUSSIAn music, there's a chance to hear pianist Stephen Hough play Rachmaninov's second concerto with the BBC NOW and Richard Hickox. Presented by Warwick Thompson. Kabalevsky: Overture: Colas Breugnon Grant Llewellyn Liadov: Baba Yaga; The Enchanted Lake; Kiki-mora Rumon Gamba (conductor) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 Stephen Hough (piano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Borodin: Symphony No 2 Vassily Petrenko (conductor) Stravinsky: Scherzo a la Russe Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| 20050316 | The Ulster Orchestra with music specially recorded for the programme by Shchedrin, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Introduced by Warwick Thompson. Shchedrin: Music for Strings, Oboes, Horns and Celeste Conductor Alexander Anissimov Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 Thorleif Thedeen (cello) Tchaikovsky: Suite No 3 Vladimir Altschuler (conductor). | ||
| 20050318 | The Ulster Orchestra takes centre stage with more RUSSIAn music specially recorded for the programme. With Warwick Thompson. Khachaturian: Suite: Masquerade Ilan Volkov (conductor) Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky Alexander Anissimov (conductor) Khachaturian: Violin Concerto Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite - The Tale of Tsar Saltan | ||
| Bbc Now And Bbc Singers - 1 | 20050321 | Graeme Kay presents the first of four programmes this week featuring highlights of a concert given by the BBC Singers at last year's Norwich Festival, of music for the season of Passiontide and Easter. Early ENGLISH polyphony by Whyte and Tye sits alongisde music by Bridge, James MacMillan and Shostakovich. Former New Generation Artist Lawrence Power is the soloist in Walton's viola concerto. Bridge Suite for String Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Robert Whyte: Christe qui lux es et dies III Tye Peccavimus cum patribus nostris Bo Holten (conductor) James MacMillan: The World?s Ransoming Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Shostakovich, (arr Barshai): Chamber Symphony Lesley Hatfield (director) Walton: Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola) Nicholas Kok (conductor). | |
| 20050322 | BBC Philharmonic/BBC Singers In the second of this week's programmes, Graeme Kay introduces music by the early ENGLISH polyphonist Robert Whyte, as well as pieces by Vaughan Williams, Delius, Ravel and Berlioz. Robert Whyte: Christe qui lux es et dies IV Bo Holten (conductor) Vaughan Williams: The ENGLAND of Elizabeth (extracts) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Delius: Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Ravel Suite: Mother Goose Pascal Rophe (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20050323 | BBC SSO/BBC Singers Graeme Kay presents BBC SSO and the BBC Singers performing Britten's suite from his opera Gloriana, Osbert Parsley's Lamentations, McCabe/Bingham/Brown/Matthews/Saxton Variations on Down Ampney and Anthony Payne's completion of Elgar's Symphony No 3. Presented by Graeme Kay. Britten Suite: Gloriana Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Osbert Parsley Lamentations BBC Singers Bo Holten (conductor) McCabe/Bingham/Brown/Matthews/Saxton Variations on Down Ampney Elgar, (compl Payne): Symphony No 3. | ||
| 20050324 | BBC SSO, BBC Singers In the last of this week's programmes, Graeme Kay introduces the first broadcast of a new piece by the contemporary jazz composer Keith Tippett, from the Norwich Festival 2004. Scored for the Singers plus saxophone quartet and four jazz saxophonists. The text, by Julie Tippetts, describes an elderly monk in his cell, contemplating the natural world he can see through his window and musing on his life. Barber: Overture - School for Scandal Fabio Mechetti (conductor) Bernstein: On the Waterfront Christopher Austin (conductor) Stravinsky: Symphony in C Ilan Volkov (conductor) Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Steven Osborne (piano) Keith Tippett: The Monk Watches the Eagle BBC Singers Julie Tippetts (vocals) Apollo Saxophone Quartet Chris Biscoe, Pal Dunmall, Kevin Figes, Ben Waghorn (saxophone) Keith Tippett (conductor). | ||
| 20050328 | This week Afternoon Performance features RUSSIAn music. Today Sarah Walker presents a concert that the BBC Philharmonic gave at the Auditorio Palacio de Congresos Principe Felipe in Oviedo last year. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Nelson Goerner (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Shchedrin: Two Tangos by Albeniz Elgar: Enigma Variations Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050329 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sarah Walker presents today?s programme which includes a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave at the Music Hall, Aberdeen last year. There?s Spanish influenced music on the menu, and the RUSSIAn theme continues, conducted by an expert in the repertoire, Alexander Titov. Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana Diego Masson (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol Walton: Violin Concerto in Bm James Ehnes (violin) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 in Am Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20050330 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich in a concert recorded at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall last year. Presented by Sarah Walker Dutilleux: Metaboles Thierry Fischer (conductor) Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit David Porcelijn (conductor) Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Lucille Chung (piano) Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat Shostakovich: Symphony No 6 in Bm | ||
| 20050331 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, perform Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Presented by Sarah Walker. Liszt: Les Preludes Karlowicz: Serenade for Strings Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Paul Lewis (piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in Em. | ||
| 20050401 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Afternoon Performance?s RUSSIAn-themed week concludes with a concert the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, on their South America tour last year, including Tchaikovsky?s energetic 4th Symphony. Presented by Sarah Walker. Prokofiev/Susskind: Visions fugitives Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Nielsen: Maskarade Overture Sibelius : Violin Concerto in Dm Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in Fm Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20050404 | All this week, the programme features piano concertos. Sandy Burnett presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing Bartok's Four Pieces for Orchestra, Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Shostakovich's Symphony No 4 in Cm, as part of a concert the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave at the Barbican in December last year. Bartok: Four Pieces for Orchestra Zsolt Nagy (conductor) Ravel : Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 in Cm Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20050405 | BBC Philharmonic The piano concerto theme continues with Beethoven?s 1st, performed by Gianluca Cascioli with the BBC Philharmonic. Followed by a performance of Brahms? mighty German Requiem, recorded at Huddersfield Town Hall in November last year. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Gianluca Cascioli (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Brahms: A German Requiem Ailish Tynan (soprano) Michael Druiett (bass) Huddersfield Choral Society Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050406 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra continue this week's piano concerto theme with a performance of Mendelssohn's 1st Piano Concerto with Arnaldo Cohen as soloist. That's followed by Mahler's 7th Symphony, recorded at The Maltings, Snape, in August last year. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Op 7 Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in Gm Arnaldo Cohen (piano) Fabio Mechetti (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050407 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sandy Burnett presents today's programme from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales - a feast of ENGLISH music, including a rare chance to hear Lennox Berkeley's Piano Concerto, performed by Howard Shelley. Walton: Crown Imperial Rumon Gamba (conductor) Bridge: Phantasm for Piano and Orchestra Howard Shelley (piano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Michael Berkeley: Gethsemane Fragments Lennox Berkeley: Piano Concerto in B flat, Op 29 Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat m | ||
| 20050408 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra This week's piano concerto theme concludes with Marc-Andre Hamelin as soloist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto. Thats followed by a concert the Orchestra gave at the MacRobert Arts Centre in Stirling in April last year. Presented by Sandy Burnett Webern: Passacaglia, Op 1 Errico Fresis (conductor) Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No 2 in F Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Andrew Litton (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 82 in C,The Bear Bach: Violin Concerto No 1 in Am, BWV 1041 Elizabeth Layton (violin) Rachmaninov: Vocalise Stravinsky : Apollon Musagete Elizabeth Layton (director). | ||
| 20050411 | BBC Philharmonic Petroc Trelawny presents the first of five programmes featuring some of the great French masterpieces.Today, Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, and Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Pascal Rophe (conductor) Respighi: Pines of Rome Ilan Volkov (conductor) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 Stanislaw Bunin (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 Organ | ||
| 20050412 | Ulster Orchestra Petroc Trelawny introduces a special edition of Afternoon Performance live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Tuomas Ollila conducts the Ulster Orchestra in a programme that includes works by Faure and Sibelius. And Radio 3 New Generation Artists CHRISTIAN Poltera and Ailish Tynan are the soloists in works by Martin and Canteloube respectively. Faure: Suite - Pelleas and MelisandeCHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Ailish Tynan (soprano) Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Martin: Cello Concerto Milhaud: Suite Francaise Thierry Fischer (conductor) Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande. | ||
| 20050413 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC NOW who continue this week's French theme with music by Franck, Debussy and Berlioz. Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit Pierre Andre Valade (conductor) Debussy: Jeux Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Harold in Italy Steven Burnard (viola) Richard Hickox (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 4CHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050414 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Petroc Trelawny introduces the second live Afternoon Performance of the week, today from the studio in GLASGOW, home of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jurjen Hempel conducts them in a programme that includes Beethovens fifth symphony, and Ravels piano concerto in G with former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Simon Trpceski. Adams: Shaker Loops Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale Robin ONeill (conductor) Beethoven Symphony No 5 Simon Trpceski (piano) Jurjen Hempel (conductor). | ||
| 20050415 | BBC SSO In the last of this week's programmes, Petroc Trelawny introduces a feast of French music courtesy of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. There's also the chance to hear violinist Nicola Benedetti, the winner of last year's BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, in works by Saint-Saens and Chausson. Berlioz: Les Francs-Juges Ilan Volkov (conductor) Saint-Saens: Havanaise Nicola Benedetti (violin) Christopher Seaman (conductor) Roussel Symphony No 4 Debussy, (orch Busser): Petite Suite Pierre-Andre Valade (conductor) Chausson Poeme Debussy Images | ||
| 20050418 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martin Handley presents the first of five programmes this week featuring Strauss tone poems. Today, the BBC NOW perform Sprach Zarathustra once described by the composer himself as 'by far the most important of all my pieces'. Mahler: Blumine Richard Hickox (conductor) Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Cinematographic scene Jac van Steen (conductor) Brahms: Violin Concerto Janine Jansen (violin) Strauss: Also Sprach ZarathustraCHRISTIAN Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20050419 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martin Handley continues this week's theme of Strauss tone poems with Tod und Verklarung, written when the composer was just 25. Strauss: Tod und Verklarung Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Weber: Clarinet Concerto, No 1 Martin Frost (clarinet) Douglas Bostock (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6, Pastorale James Judd (conductor). | ||
| 20050420 | BBC SSO Today's Strauss tone poem was written when the composer was in his early twenties and was the first one to receive a public performance. Based on the verse play by the 19th-century German poet Nicholas Lenau, it presents the Don as a man obsessed with the need for new experiences in order to feel truly alive. Introduced by Martin Handley. Strauss: Don Juan Ilan Volkov (conductor) Berg: Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) Alexander Titov (conductor) Nielsen Symphony: No 4, Inextinguishable Osmo Vanska (conductor). | ||
| 20050421 | BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage today with Strauss' very Lisztian tone poem, Macbeth. Presented by Martin Handley. Strauss: Macbeth Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nelson Goerner (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 | ||
| 20050422 | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra With Martin Handley. In the last of this week's programmes, the BBC Philharmonic plays Strauss' tone poem Ein Heldenleben, which translates either as "a hero's life", or "a heroic life". The hero in question is in no doubt though: Richard Strauss himself. Dvorak: The Water Goblin Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Cello Concerto Guy Johnson (cello) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Strauss: Ein Heldenleben | ||
| 20050425 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Louise Fryer presents a performance given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in City Hall Perth last year, featuring Nielsen and Sibelius. The Scandinavian theme is in keeping with this week's Lunchtime Concerts. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Sibelius: Symphony no.2 in D major Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050426 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Singers The BBC National Orchestra of Wales take up the Scandinavian theme with music by Sibelius and Rautavaara. And there's a contribution from the BBC Singers with music by the Finnish composers Toivo Kuula and Aulis Sallinen. Presented by Louise Fryer. Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night, opening to Act III David Porcelijn (conductor) Sibelius: Valse Triste and Cranes (from Kuolema) Richard Hickox (conductor) Kuula Karavaanikuoro Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Sallinen: The Beaufort Scale Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto, no 2 in Gm Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) Rautavaara: Symphony no 8, The Journey Petri Sakari (conductor). | ||
| 20050427 | BBC Philharmonic Louise Fryer presents a performance from the Bridgewater Hall in MANCHESTER, where the Scandinavian theme continues with music by Stenhammar and Sibelius. Stenhammar: Overture, Excelsior! Sibelius: Violin Concerto in Dm Sergey Khachatryan (violin) Shostakovich: The Bolt (extracts) Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050429 | The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra rounds off Afternoon Performance's week of Scandinavian themed music with a performance of Sibelius' 6th Symphony. And the BBC Singers perform Nuits Adieux by the Finnish composer Kaaiha Saariaho. Presented by Louise Fryer. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (from Tristan and Isolde) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Saariaho: Nuits Adieux Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Jacqueline Fox (mezzo) Neil Mackenzie (tenor) Richard Bourne (bass) BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Moszkowski: Violin Concerto in C Tasmin Little (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony, no 6 in Dm Douglas Boyd (conductor). | ||
| 20050502 | This week, Afternoon Performance is featuring music for soprano and orchestra. Edward Seckerson presents the final work of a composer whose love for the soprano voice was well known - Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, sung by Rebecca Evans with the BBC Philharmonic. That's followed by Beethoven's heroic Symphony No 3. Rossini: William Tell Overture Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Strauss: Four Last Songs Rebecca Evans (soprano) Jason Lai (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Eroica | ||
| 20050503 | The programme presented by Edward Seckerson carries on this week's soprano theme with CHRISTIANe Oelze in Haydn's dramatic Berenice, che fai, accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. That's followed by a Haydn keyboard concerto, and Schubert's Great C Symphony. Haydn: Berenice, che fai, cantataCHRISTIANe Oelze (soprano) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Mahler arr Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Haydn Piano Concerto in D, H18.11 Ronald Brautigam (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, 'Great' | ||
| 20050504 | Edward Seckerson presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing a series of compositions with an American feel. The bill includes Barber's School for Scandal Overture, Dvorak's 9th Symphony, and the soprano theme continues with Susan Gritton as soloist in Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915, his nostalgic look back at an American childhood. Barber: The School for Scandal Overture Garry Walker (conductor) Hoddinott: Harp Concerto, Op 11 Catrin Finch (harp) Bridge: Coronation March Richard Hickox (conductor) Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915 Susan Gritton (soprano) Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in Em, From the New World | ||
| 20050505 | Edward Seckerson presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in concert at the William Aston Hall, Wrexham, recorded in November last year. And this week's soprano theme continues with Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate and Hoddinott's A Contemplation Upon Flowers sung by Gail Pearson. Mozart: Idomeneo, Overture and Ballet music No 2, Pas Seul Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K165 Gail Pearson (soprano) Hoddinott: A Contemplation Upon Flowers Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050506 | Edward Seckerson presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing a set with a nautical feel. Elgar's Sea Pictures continues this week's soprano theme, with Radio 3 New Generation Artist mezzo-soprano Christine Rice as soloist. Debussy: Prelude a l'après-midi d'un faune Ilan Volkov (conductor) Elgar: Sea Pictures Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D, LONDON Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K477 Debussy: La Mer | ||
| 20050509 | 1/5. New Generation Artists Sarah Walker presents the first of five programmes this week featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists past and present in ENGLISH string concertos. Today, viola player Lawrence Power takes centre stage in the concerto by YORK Bowen, part of a hot-off-the-press CD with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Ilan Volkov (conductor) Bowen: Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 3 David Porcelijn (conductor). | ||
| 20050510 | New Generation Artists 2/5. The Afternoon Performance spotlight falls on the young Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, playing Britten's violin concerto. Schubert Symphony No 8 in Bm (Unfinished) Britten: Violin Concerto Stravinsky: Petrushka, 1947 BBC Philharmonic Janine Jansen (violin) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Presented by Sarah Walker | ||
| 20050511 | New Generation Artists 3/5. Sarah Walker introduces a performance of Walton's viola concerto with Radio 3 New Generation Artist Antoine Tamestit, alongside works by Holst and Rachmaninov. Holst: The Perfect Fool, Ballet Music Walton Viola Concerto Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050512 | New Generation Artists 4/5. The spotlight falls on the BBC SSO. Joining them, former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ilya Gringolts, who takes the solo part in Elgar's lyrical violin concerto, dedicated to Fritz Kreisler and first performed by him in LONDON in 1910. Brahms: Symphony No 2 Stefan Solyom (conductor) Elgar: Violin Concerto Ilya Gringolts (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050513 | New Generation Artists 5/5. In the last of this week's programmes, the spotlight falls once again on viola player Lawrence Power, with a chance to hear more from his new CD with the BBC SSO. The little-known viola concerto by Cecil Forsyth, a pupil of both Stanford and Parry, rubs shoulders with music by Delius and Elgar. Presented by Sarah Walker. Delius: Dance Rhapsody No 2 Alexander Titov (conductor) Forsyth: Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 3 | ||
| 20050516 | Dvorak Symphonies Warwick Thompson presents the first of five programmes featuring Dvorak symphonies. In this programme he focuses on his third, written in 1873 and first performed in Prague in 1874. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite, The Snow Maiden Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 Stephen Hough (piano) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 3 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050517 | Dvorak Symphonies Warwick Thompson presents this programme featuring Dvorak's Symphony No 6, actually the first one of his to be published. Hans Richter conducted the first performance and was so delighted with the work that he reportedly kissed Dvorak at the end of each movement. Beethoven: Overture, Egmont Bernhard Klee (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 Llyr Williams (piano) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 6 Leonard Slatkin (conductor). | ||
| 20050518 | Dvorak Symphonies The BBC Philharmonic takes centre stage with Dvorak's Symphony No 7, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1884 and first performed in LONDON in April 1885 under the baton of the composer himself. Introduced by Warwick Thompson. Smetana: Richard III Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Grieg: Piano Concerto in Am, Op 16 Lukas Vondracek (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in Dm | ||
| 20050519 | Dvorak Symphonies Continuing this week's Dvorak theme, this programme features his nationalistic Symphony No 8 alongside the Cello Concerto in Bm, one of only a handful of works composed during his four-year stint in America in the 1890s. Introduced by Warwick Thompson. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Douglas Bostock (conductor) Dvorak: Cello Concerto Jian Wang (cello) Richard Hickox (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 8 | ||
| 20050520 | Dvorak Symphonies Warwick Thompson introduces a performance by the BBC Philharmonic of Dvorak's Symphony No 9 From the New World, written when the composer was in America and infused with the flavour of American folk music. Weber: Overture Der Freischutz Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Anthony Marwood (violin) Edward Downes (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 9 New World | ||
| 20050523 | Sandy Burnett presents an afternoon of music featuring music by Mozart, beginning with his Haffner Symphony performed by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by David Porcelijn. There's also a rare chance to hear Hamilton Harty's romantic Violin Concerto, and a favourite Haydn symphony, The Clock. Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, Haffner David Porcelijn (conductor) Nikolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) Harty: Violin Concerto in Dm Michael D'Arcy (violin) Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D, The Clock | ||
| 20050524 | Afternoon Performance takes its lead from this week's Lunchtime Concerts with a selection of German and RUSSIAn music, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Tasmin Little is soloist in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, and the Mozart theme continues with his Magic Flute Overture and Linz Symphony. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Mozart: Magic Flute Overture Ilan Volkov (conductor) Tchaikovsky: The SLEEPing Beauty, Suite Stefan Solyom (conductor) Rachmaninov: Vocalise Elizabeth Layton (director) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em Tasmin Little (violin) Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C, Linz | ||
| 20050525 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales are joined by Robert Plane on the basset clarinet for one of the best loved of Mozart's works. Ailish Tynan is soloist in a selection of songs by Richard Strauss, and Grant Llewellyn conducts the orchestra in Brahms's 4th Symphony. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Strauss: Standchen; Allerseelen; Cacilie; Wiegenlied; Morgen Ailish Tynan (mezzo-soprano) Douglas Bostock (conductor) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Robert Plane (basset clarinet) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 4 in Em Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| 20050526 | The BBC Philharmonic take up the Mozart theme with his Piano Concerto No 15, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard. That's followed by Shostakovich's 5th Symphony, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas - Overture Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Liadov: The Enchanted Lake Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in Dm Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050527 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales round off this week of Mozart themed programmes with a performance of his Jupiter Symphony. Plus Peter Donohoe is soloist in Bartok's 3rd Piano Concerto. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Reger: Ballet Suite Christoph Mueller (conductor) Brahms: Hungarian Dances 1, 2, 3 and 6 Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) Joseph Swensen (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C, Jupiter David Porcelijn (conductor). | ||
| 20050530 | Tommy Pearson presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers in performances of Bernstein's own music and key works that he premiered or championed, including the music of Mahler, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Copland and Britten, including excerpts from the complete cycle of Bernstein's symphonies performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Today's programme features the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in works from Bernstein's debut concert with the NEW YORK Philharmonic Orchestra and a Mahler symphony. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Prelude Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Strauss: Don Quixote Scott Dickinson (viola) Bruno Weinmeister (cello) Heinrich Schiff (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Lynne Dawson (soprano) Osmo Vanska (conductor). | ||
| 20050531 | Tommy Pearson presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers in performances of Bernstein's own music and key works that he premiered or championed, including the music of Mahler, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Copland and Britten, including excerpts from the complete cycle of Bernstein's symphonies performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The BBC Philharmonic perform a rare Bernstein piece and two Serge Koussevitztky commissions that received their original Tanglewood premieres under the baton of Koussevitzky's greatest protege, Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein: Halil nocturne Richard Davis (flute) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Britten: Sea interludes (Peter Grimes) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony Piers Lane (piano) Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) | ||
| 20050601 | Tommy Pearson presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers in performances of Bernstein's own music and key works that he premiered or championed, including the music of Mahler, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Copland and Britten, including excerpts from the complete cycle of Bernstein's symphonies performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Today's programme features the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Barber, Sibelius and Shostakovich, all of whom were championed by Bernstein. Plus a Bernstein symphony, and his Missa Brevis for chorus and percussion. Barber: Adagio Andrew Davis (conductor) Bernstein: Missa Brevis Simon Baker (counter-tenor) BBC Singers Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Paul Lewis (piano) Kazuski Ono (conductor) Bernstein: Symphony No 3 Kaddish Jamie Bernstein (speaker)LONDON Oratory School Schola BBC Symphony Chorus Leonard Slatkin | ||
| 20050602 | Tommy Pearson presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers in performances of Bernstein's own music and key works that he premiered or championed, including the music of Mahler, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Copland and Britten, including excerpts from the complete cycle of Bernstein's symphonies performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. This concert was specially recorded for Radio 3's Bernstein Season by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernstein protégé, David Charles Abell. Bernstein: Dybbuk Suite No 2; Concerto for Orchestra Jubilee Games (second movement: Mixed Doubles) Hovhaness: Prayer for St Gregory Alison Balsom (trumpet) Bernstein: Three Meditations from MassCHRISTIAN Poltera (cello) Copland: Quiet City Alison Balsom (trumpet), Celia Craig (cor anglais) Bernstein arr. Ramin and Tilson: Thomas Orchestral Suite from A Quiet Place David Charles Abell (conductor). | ||
| 20050603 | Tommy Pearson presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers in performances of Bernstein's own music and key works that he premiered or championed, including the music of Mahler, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Copland and Britten, including excerpts from the complete cycle of Bernstein's symphonies performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. This programme includes Bernstein's First Symphony from the complete cycle recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin and, from the BBC ArcHIVes, a legendary recording that Bernstein himself made with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the 1980s. Bernstein: Symphony No 1, Jeremiah Michelle De Young (mezzo) Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Elgar: Enigma Variations Bernstein: Songfest Clamma Dale (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Cynthia Buchan (mezzo) Kenneth Woollam (tenor) Thomas Allan (baritone) Paul Hudson (bass) Leonard Bernstein (conductor). | ||
| 20050613 | BBC PhilharmonicRUSSIAn Symphonies, with Louise Fryer. Arensky: Overture, Dream on the Volga Shostakovich: Suite - The Golden Mountains Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Ravel: Piano Concerto in GCHRISTIAN Blackshaw (piano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20050614 | BBC SSO Louise Fryer presents performances of works by Stravinsky and Walton. Stravinsky: Symphony in C Ilan Volkov (conductor) Walton: Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20050615 | BBC SSO: As part of the week's series of RUSSIAn Symphonies programmes, Louise Fryer presents Shostakovich's Symphony No 8 conducted by Ilan Volkov. | ||
| 20050616 | BBC SSO: This week's theme of RUSSIAn Symphonies continues with Rachmaninov's Symphony No 3 conducted by Alexander Titov. Plus Debussy's Printemps conducted by Ilan Volkov. Louise Fryer presents. | ||
| 20050617 | The BBC SSO conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, continues its theme of RUSSIAn Symphonies with Prokofiev's Symphony No 5, Enrico Pace (piano). Plus Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2. Louise Fryer presents. | ||
| 20050620 | BBC Philharmonic To tie in with this week's Aldeburgh Festival performances on a British Isles theme, the programme features the BBC Philharmonic with music from Bax, McCabe and Elgar. Presented by Graeme Kay. Bax: Tintagel Vernon Handley (conductor) McCabe: Concerto for oboe and clarinet Jennifer Galloway (oboe) John Bradbury (clarinet) Clark Rundell (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 in E flat Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050621 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales A concert at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea in February. There's music from ENGLAND and Wales by Vaughan Williams and Hoddinott. Presented by Graeme Kay. Ravel: Sheherazade Ailish Tynan (mezzo soprano) Hoddinott: Symphony No 7, Organ Thomas Trotter (organ) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7, Sinfonia Antartica Ailish Tynan (mezzo) Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Choir Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). | ||
| 20050622 | Graeme Kay presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing music by British composers Tony Hewitt-Jones and Sally Beamish. Plus, Mendelssohn's impressions of SCOTLAND in his 3rd Symphony. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Hewitt-Jones: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings John Wallace (trumpet) Simon Wright (conductor) Beamish: The Day Dawn Garry Walker (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in Am, Scottish Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20050623 | Graeme Kay presents a programme with an American feel; Maxwell Davies' Mavis in Las Vegas, and Dvorák's American Suite. And a rare chance to hear Cyril Scott's Piano Concerto No 2, performed by Howard Shelley. Holst: The Perfect Fool Suite Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Mavis in Las Vegas Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) Dvorák: American Suite Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Scott: Piano Concerto No 2 Howard Shelley (piano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Dvorák: Te Deum Ailish Tynan (mezzo) Michael Druiett (bass) Huddersfield Choral Society | ||
| 20050624 | The British theme continues with music by Elgar, and Michael and Lennox Berkeley. Plus Mendelssohn's impressions of Scotland in his Hebrides Overture. Presented by Graeme Kay. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture James Judd (conductor) Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Alison Balsom (trumpet) Michael Berkeley: Gregorian Variations Jac van Steen (conductor) Elgar: Serenade for Strings Lesley Hatfield (director) Sir Lennox Berkeley: Symphony No 1 in C Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20050627 | During Radio 3's Beethoven Experience we heard Beethoven's symphonies 1-5 performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. Afternoon Performance features the rest of their symphony cycle, beginning with the Pastoral Symphony. Presented by Sarah Walker. Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Laurent Korcia (violin) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Pastoral Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050628 | The BBC Philharmonic's Beethoven symphony cycle continues with No 7. Plus Dvorák's Water Goblin and Elgar's Cello Concerto from a concert the orchestra gave at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. Presented by Sarah Walker. Dvorák: The Water Goblin Elgar: Cello Concerto in Em Paul Watkins (cello) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A | ||
| 20050629 | The BBC Philharmonic's Beethoven symphony cycle continues with No 8 in Fm. And there's RUSSIAn music by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. Presented by Sarah Walker. Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite Edward Downes (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat m Jin Ju (piano) Jason Lai (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F | ||
| 20050630 | The BBC Philharmonic's Beethoven symphony Cycle concludes with the mighty Choral Symphony. Plus Edward Downes conducts Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. Presented by Sarah Walker. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod Edward Downes (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in Dm, Choral Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) Paul Nilon (tenor) Alistair Miles (bass) City of BIRMINGHAM Symphony Chorus Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050701 | To follow on from this week's Beethoven symphony cycle, the BBC Philharmonic perform Brahms' First Symphony, a piece once famously tagged Beethoven's Tenth. Plus Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24, performed by Lars Vogt. Presented by Sarah Walker. Wagner: Tannhauser Overture Edward Downes (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in Cm Lars Vogt (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 1 in Cm | ||
| 20050704 | Petroc Trelawny presents the violinist Anthony Marwood accompanying the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The set includes Coleridge-Taylor's violin concerto. Mahler arr. Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Britten: Suite, Gloriana Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in Gm, Op 80 Anthony Marwood (violin) Dvorak: Symphonic Variations | ||
| 20050705 | Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing work by Elgar, Holst and Chausson. Elgar: Salut damour Grant Llewellyn Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda group 3, Op 26 No 3 BBC Symphony Chorus Sioned Williams (harp) Stephen Jackson (conductor) Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer Susan Graham (mezzo) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Elgar: Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| 20050706 | Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC Philharmonic, continuing this week's spotlight on the violinist Anthony Marwood performing Bruch's violin concerto. Bax: Tintagel Vernon Handley (conductor) Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Anthony Marwood (violin) Edward Downes (conductor) Khachaturian: Spartacus, Suite No 2 Barry Wordsworth (conductor). | ||
| 20050707 | Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC Philharmonic. Vaughan Williams: The Dim Little Island Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Erling Blondal Bengtsson (cello) Janos Furst (conductor) Kodaly: Suite, Hary Janos Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20050708 | This week's spotlight on the violinist Anthony Marwood finishes with his performance of a concerto by Somervell with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Sullivan: Overture di ballo John Wilson (conductor) Somervell: Violin Concerto in Gm Anthony Marwood (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Elgar: Enigma Variations Garry Walker (conductor). | ||
| 20050711 | John Shea presents the Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing some of the great violin concertos. Ruders: Fairytale Ilan Volkov (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Suite, The Sleeping Beauty Stefan Solyom (conductor) Elgar: Sea Pictures Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Brahms: Violin ConcertoChristian Tetzlaff (violin) | ||
| 20050712 | John Shea presents the BBC Philharmonic performing work by Busoni, Dohnanyi and Sinaisky. Busoni: Lustspeil Overture Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Dohnanyi: Violin Concerto No 2 James Ehnes (violin) Matthias Bamert (conductor) Mahler Symphony No. 1 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050713 | John Shea presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing work by Dvorák, Karlowicz and Sibelius. Dvorák: The Wild Dove Ilan Volkov (conductor) Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A Tasmin Little (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 1 | ||
| 20050714 | John Shea presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales featuring the violinist Lesley Hatfield, recorded in March this year. Wagner: Overture, The Flying Dutchman Glazunov: Violin Concerto Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20050715 | John Shea presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing work by Johan Strauss II, Berg and Schumann. Johan Strauss II Overture: Die Fledermaus Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Berg Violin Concerto Viviane Hagner (violin) Christian Gansch (conductor) Schumann Symphony No. 2 | ||
| 20050912 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales As we approach the first live transmission of the season from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, this Afternoon Performance includes orchestral music from a variety of opera. Presented by Louise Fryer. Mozart: Overture and ballet music No 2, Pas Seul, Idomeneo Stravinsky: Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat, Dumbarton Oaks Mozart: Exultate Jubilate, motet for soprano and orchestra Gail Pearson (soprano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Mozart: Overture, Magic Flute, K620, 646 Paul Watkins (conductor). | ||
| 20050913 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra In the run up to the first live transmission of the season from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, this week's Afternoon Performance continues to include orchestral music from a variety of opera. Presented by Louise Fryer. Rameau ed. McGegan: Suite from Nais Handel: Da Tempeste (Giulio Cesare) Mendelssohn, Fanny: Io d'amor, Oh Dio, mi moro Lorna Anderson (soprano) Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 4, Italian Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Strauss, Richard: Suite, Der Rosenkavalier Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20050914 | BBC Philharmonic Live from the Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester. Presented by Louise Fryer. Respighi: Prelude, choral and fugue; Rossiniana; Burlesca Rachmaninov, orch. Respighi: Etudes-tableaux Ginanadrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050915 | A special edition of the programme in which the BBC Radio 3 Webern day continues with works from his Opus 7 to 15, interspersed with orchestral pieces recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Louise Fryer. Webern: 5 orchestral pieces, Op 10 Vienna Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) Strauss II: Overture, Die Fledermaus BBC NOW Takua Yuasa (conductor) Wagner: Overture, The flying Dutchman Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20050916 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Presented by Louise Fryer. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 Rachmaninov: The Bells Giselle Allen (soprano) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Peter Sidhom (bass) Edinburgh Royal Choral Union Huddersfield Choral Society Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op 3414 Elizabeth Layton (director). | ||
| 20050919 | Petroc Trelawny presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, with a programme choral music by Brahms and pieces by Dvorák and Matthias. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Hoddinott: Trumpet Concerto - The Shining Pyramid Philippe Scharz (trumpet) Douglas Bostock (conductor) Brahms: Fest und gedenksprüche, Op 109; Unsere Väter; Wenn ein starker; Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Mathias, arr Philip Lane: Jubilee Dances Dvorák: Symphony No 8 | ||
| 20050920 | More choral music from Brahms performed by the BBC Singers, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Brahms: Abendständchen, Op 42/1; Dein Herzlein, Op 62/4; All mein Herzgedanken, Op 62/5 BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 7 Ilan Volkov (conductor) Brahms: In stille nacht; Geistlicheslied Stephen Betteridge (piano) | ||
| 20050921 | Continuing the focus on the choral music of Brahms and his contemporaries, performed by the BBC Singers and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Schumann: from Four Part Songs for double choir, Op 141; Talismane; An die Sterne Schubert: Psalm 23 Stephen Betteridge (piano) Bob Chilcott (conductor) Brahms: Violin concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Brahms: 3 Quartets for 4 voices and piano, Op 64 Haydn: Symphony No 101, The Clock Garry Walker (conductor). | ||
| 20050922 | A concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Singers, presented by Petroc Trelawny. Bartók: Romanian Dances Lesley Hatfield (director) Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes BBC Singers Stephen Betteridge/Richard Pearce (piano) Bob Chilcott (conductor) Bartók: Piano concerto No 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 8, unfinished Richard Hickox (conductor) Brahms: Hungarian Dances 1-3, 6 Joseph Swensen (conductor). | ||
| 20050923 | The focus on the choral music of Brahms reaches its climax with a rare chance to hear a version of the Brahms Requiem, scored for choir, soloists and a piano duet accompaniment. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Beethoven: Symphony No 4 Bernhard Klee (conductor) Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op 45 Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) BBC Singers Stephen Betteridge, Richard Pearce (piano) Bob Chilcott (conductor). | ||
| 20050926 | Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic focuses on French music, ranging from Medieval to late 20th Century. Berlioz: Overture, Roman Carnival Pascal Rophé (conductor) Debussy: Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune Ravel: Suite - Mother Goose Berlioz: Overture - Corsair (819) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Fauré: Pavane Fauré: Requiem Libby Crabtree (soprano) Jonathan Arnold (baritone) The Sixteen BBC Philharmonic Harry Christophers (conductor). | ||
| 20050927 | More French music ranging from Medieval to late 20th Century, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers. Presented by Martin Handley. Honegger: Pacific 231 Pascal Rophé (conductor) Rameau: Laboravi clamans Charpentier: Veni Sancte Spiritus Dumont: Cantate Dominum BBC Singers The King's Consort Robert King (conductor) Honegger: Symphonie Liturgique Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte - interpolated with movements from Manchicourt: Missa Veni Creator Spiritus James O'Donnell (organ) Stephen Layton (conductor). | ||
| 20050928 | The BBC Philharmonic continues the theme of exploring music associated with France, presented by Martin Handley. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms The Sixteen BBC Philharmonic Harry Christophers (conductor) Franck: Symphony in Dm Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Ginandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20050929 | The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra feature as the week's theme of exploring music associated with France continues. Presented by Martin Handley. Ravel: Sheherazade Ailish Tynan (soprano) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony Howard Shelley (piano) Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) | ||
| 20050930 | Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and presented by Martin Handley. Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit Garry Walker (conductor) Ravel: Alborada del graciosa Richard Hickox (conductor) Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 2 in Gm Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Debussy: Images Luke Dollman (conductor). | ||
| 20051003 | As the Dance Umbrella Festival in London goes into full swing, the focus on music written for dance, and music which has inspired choreographers. Presented by Petroc Trelawny, featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Byrd, arr Stokowksi: Pavane and Gigue Purcell, arr Stokowski: Suite Matthias Bamert (conductor) Gregson: Stepping Out; Violin concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Walton: Crown Imperial Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Enigma Variations Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20051004 | Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Continuing the focus on dance, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. CPE Bach: Symphony in D Ilan Volkov (conductor) Kodaly: Dances of Galanta Mozart: Piano concerto No 27, K595 Martin Roscoe (piano) Strauss: Serenade, Op 7 Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss (Divertimento) Baldur Bronnimann (conductor). | ||
| 20051005 | Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, live from the BBC Studios in Manchester. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Vasks: Musica dolorosa Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 Pathetique Andris Nelsons (conductor). | ||
| 20051006 | Continuing the theme of music and dance, but with an American flavour. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Bernstein: Divertimento Adams: The Chairman dances Rozsa: Theme, variations and Finale Eric Stern (conductor) Copland: Quiet City Alison Teale (cor anglais) Alison Balsam (trumpet) Jac van Steen (conductor) Bernstein: Symphony No 2 - The Age of Anxiety Sarah Nicolls (piano) | ||
| 20051007 | The BBC Philharmonic live from the BBC studios in Manchester, featuring some of the BBC New Generation Artists performing concertos. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Lalo: Cello Concerto Christian Poltera (cello) Strauss: Oboe Concerto Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) Ravel: Piano concerto Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Andris Nelsons (conductor). | ||
| 20051010 | The BBC National Orchestra of Wales features music that has been inspired by history and musical styles of the past. Presented by Sarah Walker. Berlioz: Overture - King Lear Rumon Gamba (conductor) Debussy: Premiere Rapsodie Martin Frost (clarinet) Douglas Bostok (conductor) L Berkeley: Four poems of St Teresa of Avila Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Richard Hickox (conductor) Bridge: Rebus M Berkeley: Tristessa Steven Burnard (viola) Celia Craig (cor anglais) Tippett: Fantasia on a Theme of Corelli for string orchestra | ||
| 20051011 | The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra features in another delve into the past for musical inspiration. Presented by Sarah Walker. Xenakis: Voile Ilan Volkov (conductor) Berlioz: Overture - Beatrice and Benedict Robin O'Neill (conductor) MacMillan: I (A Meditation on Iona) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 Classical Symphony Alan Buribayev (conductor) Alexiadis: Cantus Infirmus II Errico Fresis (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 | ||
| 20051012 | Afternoon Performance: BBC National Orchestra of Wales This week's programmes continue to feature music inspired by the past, ahead of the Tallis anniversary concert in tomorrow's edition. Presented by Sarah Walker. Bridge Blow out, You Bugles Philip Langridge (tenor) Richard Hickox (conductor) Walton arr. Mathieson: Hamlet and Ophelia, A poem for orchestra M Berkeley: Viola concerto Paul Silverthorne (viola) Elgar: Symphony No 2 Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20051013 | BBC Singers, conducted by Peter Philips. Live from the Priory of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield. To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Tallis, the BBC Singers give a live concert of music by Tallis and his contemporaries. Presented by Sarah Walker. Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis Tallis: Videte miraculum Byrd: Domine quis habitabit White: Domine quis habitabit III Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis BBC National Orchestra of Wales James Judd (conductor) Byrd: Domine secundum actum meum Tallis: If Ye Love Me Tallis: Hear the Voice and Prayer Tallis: Gaude gloriosa. | ||
| 20051014 | This programme concludes this week's theme featuring music which has been inspired by history and music from the past. Presented by Sarah Walker Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Simon Wright (conductor) Bernstein: Facsimile Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Casken: Symphony Broken Consort Julian Gregory (electric violin) Pamela Jay (mandolin) Edward Cervenka (cimbalom) James Crabb (accordion) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Overture, Cockaigne Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Simon Barker (treble) Leeds Festival Chorus | ||
| 20051017 | BBC Philharmonic Sandy Burnett presents music on the theme of heroes and villains. Liadov: The Enchanted Lake Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 Sir Edward Downes Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Wagner: Overture, Die Meistersinger Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade Vassily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| 20051018 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sandy Burnett presents music with the theme of heroes and villains. Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Thomson: Overture to Hermann Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Sibelius: Suite, Pelleas and Melisande Strauss: Don Juan Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20051019 | BBC Philharmonic Continuing this week's theme of musical heroes and villains. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Goodwin: Where Eagles Dare - main theme Rumon Gamba (conductor) Smetana: Richard III Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Dohnányi: Concertino for harp Clifford Lantaff (harp) Matthias Bamert (conductor) Arnold: Overture, Tam O'Shanter MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Dvorák: Symphony No 7 | ||
| 20051020 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Continuing this week's theme of musical heroes and villains. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Weber: Overture, Die Freisschütz Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod Jac van Steen (conductor) Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F Robert Plane (clarinet) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Walton (from incidental music composed by the play by MacNeice edited for concert performance by Carl Davis and Patrick Garland): Christopher Columbus, A Musical Journey Julian Glover, Jamie Glover and Philip Lloyd Holtam (speakers) Caroline Carragher (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Tom Randle (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Craig Ogden (guitar) BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20051021 | BBC Philharmonic Continuing this week's theme of musical heroes and villains. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Beethoven: Overture, Egmont, 839 Ginanadrea Noseda (conductor) Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1, 2510 Chloe Hanslip (violin) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Busoni: Indian Fantasy Op 44, 2316 Nelson Goerner (piano) Neem Järvi (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 3, Eroica, 5221 Gianandrea Noseda | ||
| 20051024 | To mark the end of British Summer Time, a series exploring music which is inspired by day and night, the changing seasons and the wonders of our solar system. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Bridge: Berceuse, H9; Mantle of Blue H131; Day After Day H164/1 Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Hoddinott: The Sun, the Great Luminary of the Universe Rumon Gamba (conductor) Sullivan: Cox and Box Box....James Gilchrist Cox....Neal Davies Sgt Bouncer....Donald Maxwell Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Holst: The Planets BBC National Chorus of Wales Women's Voices David Atherton (conductor). | ||
| 20051025 | Continuing the exploration of music linked to the seasons, day and night and the solar system. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and presented by Edward Seckerson. Janacek: The Adventures of Mr Broucek Ilan Volkov (conductor) Dvorák: The Noonday Witch Carlos Kalmar (conductor) Janacek: The Fiddler's Child Elizabeth Layton (violin) Roslavets: In the Hours of the New Moon Handel: L'Allegro - Sweet Bird Lorna Anderson (soprano) Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Pastoral Yoav Talmi (conductor). | ||
| 20051026 | Continuing the exploration of music linked to the seasons, day and night and the solar system, in the run up to the end of British Summer Time. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and presented by Edward Seckerson. Alfven: Midsummer vigil - Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Op 19 Mario Venzago (conductor) Sibelius: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain Aho: Louhi Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 41, Jupiter Christian Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20051027 | Continuing the exploration of music linked to the seasons, day and night and the solar system, in the run up to the end of British Summer Time. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and presented by Edward Seckerson. Barber: First Essay Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Britten: Nocturne Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Douglas Bostock (conductor) Bridge: Summer Richard Hickox (conductor) Grieg: Piano concerto Nelson Goerner (piano) James Judd (conductor) Holst: St Paul's Suite Paul Watkins (conductor) Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915, for soprano and Orchestra, Op 24 Susan Gritton (soprano) | ||
| 20051028 | Live from Studio One at BBC Glasgow, a concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Beethoven: Symphony No 2 Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor). | ||
| 20051031 | 1/5. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra in a series of BBC Summer Invitation concerts held as a celebration of music from Ireland. The conductor is Proinnsías Ó Duinn. Presented by Louise Fryer. Harty: In Ireland Colin Flemming (flute) Cliona Doris (harp) David Byers: A Planxty for the Dancer Stanford: Piano Concerto No 1 Philip Martin (piano) John Kinsella: Symphony No 6. | ||
| 20051101 | 2/5. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra in a series of BBC Summer Invitation concerts held as a celebration of music from Ireland. The conductor is Rumon Gamba. Presented by Louise Fryer. Gerald Barry: Wiener Blut Herbert: Cello concerto No 2 in Em, Op 30 William Butt (cello) Stephen Gardner: Never Never Never Moeran: Sinfonietta. | ||
| 20051102 | 3/5. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra in a series of BBC Summer Invitation concerts held as a celebration of music from Ireland. The conductor is Celso Antunes, who is joined by the National Chamber Choir. Presented by Louise Fryer. Ó Riada: Hercules Dux ferariae (Nomos No 1) Boydell: In memoriam Mahatma Gandhi Donnacha Dennehy: Hive (Joint commission - BBC Radio 3 and the National Chamber Choir) Deirdre Gribbin: Empire States Harty: With the Wild Geese Philip Hammond:...while the sun shines (BBC Radio 3 commission) Robert Houlihan (conductor). | ||
| 20051103 | 4/5. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra in a series of BBC Summer Invitation concerts held as a celebration of music from Ireland. The conductor is Takuo Yuasa. Presented by Louise Fryer. Trimble: Suite for Strings Elaine Agnew: Strings a-stray Stanford: Clarinet Concerto Carol McGonnell (clarinet) Eric Sweeney: Dance Music No 1 Harty: Irish Symphony. | ||
| 20051104 | 5/5. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra in a series of BBC Summer Invitation concerts held as a celebration of music from Ireland. The conductor is Robert Houlihan. Presented by Louise Fryer. Frederick May: Scherzo for Orchestra (One piece removed) Ian Wilson: Messenger - violin Concerto No 1 Catherine Leonard (violin) EJ Moeran: Symphony in Gm. | ||
| 20051107 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra explores the theme of remembrance, as we approach Armistice Day. Bliss: Morning Heroes James Wilby (narrator) Brighton Festival Chorus David Charles Abell (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 39 Douglas Boyd (conductor). | ||
| 20051108 | Continuing the theme of Remembrance in the run up to Armistice Day, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Sarah Walker. Smetana: The Bartered Bride - Overture David Porcelijn (conductor) Verdi: Requiem Janice Watson (soprano) Catherine Wyn Rogers (alto) Dennis O'Neill (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales Cordydd Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20051109 | Continuing the theme of Remembrance in the run up to Armistice Day, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Sarah Walker. Bach: Violin concerto in Am Lesley Hatfield (violin/director) Webern: Variations for Orchestra, Op 30 James Clark (conductor) Tippett: A Child of Our Time Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) Roderick Williams (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20051110 | Continuing the theme of Remembrance in the run up to Armistice Day. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, live from the BBC studios in Manchester, with some of the current New Generation Artists. Presented by Sarah Walker. Schumann: Cello Concerto Christian Polterra (cello) Tomasi: Trumpet Concerto Alison Balsom (trumpet) Schnittke: Viola Concerto Antoine Tamestit (viola) Stamatia Karampini (conductor). | ||
| 20051111 | On Armistice Day, the BBC Singers perform a programme of music reflecting different aspects of Remembrance across the ages, conducted by Bob Chilcott. Plus music from the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vernon Handley, who celebrates his 75th birthday. Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, presented by Sarah Walker. Douglas Guest: For the Fallen Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth CS Lang: Everyone Suddenly Burst Out Singing Howells: Requiem Bax: Tintagel BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) Tomkins: When David Heard Josquin: Nymphes des bois (La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem) Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night David Matthews: The Doorway of the Dawn Tavener: Responsorium in memoriam Annon Lee Silver Rudolf Mauersberger: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst und leer Francis Pott: The Souls of the Righteous. | ||
| 20051114 | Touring Japan Starting a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year, and the BBC Philharmonic's tour of the country in 2004. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Presented by Graeme Kay. Yoshimatsu: Chipak Sachio Fujioka (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Orkney Wedding Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) MacMillan: Laudi alla Vergine Maria BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Fitkin: Circuit for 2 pianos and orchestra Kathryn Stott, Noriko Ogawa (piano) Jason Lai (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| Touring Japan | 20051115 | Continuing a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year, and the BBC Philharmonic's tour of the country in 2004. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Presented by Graeme Kay. Yoshimatsu: Atom Hearts Club Suite No 2 for strings Sachio Fujioka (conductor) Tallis: Missa Puer Natus est nobis: Gloria Jackson: Ave maria Tallis: Missa Puer Natus est nobis: Sanctus and benedictus Birtwistle: O bone Jesu Tallis: Missa Puer natus est nobis: Agnus Dei BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Dvorák: Symphony No 9 - New World Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | |
| 20051116 | Touring Japan Continuing a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and presented by Graeme Kay. Weber: Overture - Oberon Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: Dance Clarion Air Trad arr Holst: I Sowed the Seeds of Love BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Mozart: Clarinet concerto, K622 Robert Plane (clarinet) Weber: Andante and Rondo Ongarese Jaroslaw Augustyniak (bassoon) Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C Takua Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20051117 | Touring Japan Continuing a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra and presented by Graeme Kay. Revueltas: Janitzio Enrique Barrios (conductor) Chilcott: Tandem Ulster Orchestra City of Belfast Youth Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Bingham: Water Lilies Edward Cowie: Lyre-Bird Motet BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Revueltas: Redes Rodrigo: Fantasia para un gentilhombre Eduardo Fernandez (guitar) Adrian Leaper (conductor). | ||
| 20051118 | Touring Japan Continuing a series of excerpts from concerts recorded by the BBC Singers on their tour of Japan earlier this year, and the BBC Philharmonic's tour of the country in 2004. Plus orchestral music with links to Japan through composers and performers. Presented by Graeme Kay. Shostakovich: Volochayev Days, Op 48 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Yoshimatsu: Symphony No 5 Sachio Fujioka (conductor) Martland: Summer Rounds Chilcott: Weather Report Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet Vassily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| 20051121 | Sandy Burnett begins a week of concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Handel: Amadigi - Ah! Spietato Ailish Tynan (soprano) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Alina Ibragimova (violin) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 Christoph Koenig (conductor) Rouse: Clarinet concerto Martin Frost (clarinet) Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor). | ||
| 20051122 | Sandy Burnett continues to feature concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra. R Strauss: Drei Hymen Sibelius: Symphony No 5 Christine Brewer (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) Beethoven: Piano concerto No 1 in C Llyr Williams (piano) David Charles Abell (conductor). | ||
| 20051123 | Sandy Burnett continues to feature concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Rimsky Korsakov: Sadko Mikhail Agrest (conductor) Haydn: Trumpet concerto in E flat Alison Balsom (trumpet) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Elgar: Sea Pictures for mezzo and orchestra Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Brahms: Symphony No 2 Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor). | ||
| 20051124 | Sandy Burnett continues to feature concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Chabrier: España De Falla: The Three Cornered Hat (concert version) David Atherton (conductor) Rosauro: Marimba concerto Colin Currie (marimba) Nicholas Kok (conductor) Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Jamie Owen (narrator) Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20051125 | Sandy Burnett concludes the concerts highlighting BBC New Generation artists, past and present. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Handel: Samson - Let the Bright Seraphim Ailish Tynan (soprano) Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher Antoine Tamestit (viola) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Dohnányi: Concertstück in D, Op 12 Alban Gerhardt (cello) Beethoven: Triple Concerto Trio Ondine Henrik Schaefer (conductor). | ||
| 20051128 | BBC Singers perform seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and presented by Martin Handley. EW Naylor: Vox dicentis clama BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Walton: Violin concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Paul Watkins (conductor) Purcell: I Was Glad Britten: Rejoice In the Lamb Elizabeth Poole (soprano) Penny Vickers (alto) Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) Stuart Macintyre (baritone) Iain Farrington (organ) M Berkeley: Concerto for organ and orchestra Thomas Trotter (organ). | ||
| 20051129 | BBC Singers carry on their seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by Martin Handley. Francis Grier: Dilectus meus mihi BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Gliere: Symphony No 3 in Bm - Ilya Murometz BBC Philharmonic. | ||
| 20051130 | BBC Singers carry on their seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and presented by Martin Handley. Sibelius: Finlandia BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Hakola: Piano concerto Nicolas Hodges (piano) Jukka Pekka-Saraste (conductor) H Praetorius: Magnificat quarti toni BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Raitio: The Swans | ||
| 20051201 | BBC Singers carry on their seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and presented by Martin Handley. Dvorák: Romance Elizabeth Layton (violin) Yoav Talmi (conductor) Roderick Williams: O Adonai BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 9 Ilan Volkov (conductor) Dvorák: 3 Slavonic Dances Christopher Seaman (conductor). | ||
| 20051202 | BBC Singers carry on their seasonal music for the first week of Advent. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic and presented by Martin Handley. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No 2 Rumon Gamba (conductor) Palestrina: Canite tuba; Rorate caeli desuper BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Scriabin: Symphony No 3, The Divine Poem Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20051205 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Some rarely performed piano concertos are featured in this week's programmes, presented by Louise Fryer. Scharwenka: Piano concerto No. 1 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Michael Stern (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello concerto No. 1 Ha-na Chang (cello) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20051207 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Some rarely performed piano concertos are featured in this week's programmes. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bainbridge: Three pieces for Orchestra Christopher Austin (conductor) Dvorák: The Wild Dove Ilan Volkov (conductor) Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No 4 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Michael Stern (conductor) Stravinsky: 4 Etudes Shostakovich: Symphony No 1 Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20051208 | BBC Philharmonic Some rarely performed piano concertos are featured in this week's programmes. Presented by Louise Fryer. Karlowicz: The White Dove Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Dvorák: Piano concerto Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) Karlowicz: Symphony | ||
| 20051209 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Some rarely performed piano concertos are featured in this week's programmes. Presented by Louise Fryer. Napravnik: Fantasia on Russian Themes for piano and orchestra Evgeny Soifertis (piano) Alexander Titov (conductor) Adams: Shaker Loops Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Blumenfeld: Allegro de Concert For piano and orchestra, Op 7 Bernstein: Serenade for violin and orchestra Anne-Akiko Meyers (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Napravnik: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op 27 | ||
| German Romantics | 20051212 | As a prelude to BBC Radio 3's Bach Week - a look at his legacy, featuring some of the greatest early romantic music to come out of Germany. Presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Beethoven: Violin concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Reger: 8 sacred songs for chorus, Op 138 BBC Singers Celso Antunes (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 | |
| 20051214 | German Romantics As a prelude to BBC Radio 3's Bach Week - a look at his legacy, featuring some of the greatest early romantic music to come out of Germany. Presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Liszt: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 1 Liszt: Tasso Schumann: 4 Songs for double chorus BBC Singers Celso Antunes (conductor) Liszt: Les Preludes | ||
| 20051215 | Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, live from the Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian themes Glazunov: Violin Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Elgar: Enigma Variations Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20051216 | German Romantics As a prelude to BBC Radio 3's Bach Week - a look at his legacy, featuring some of the greatest early romantic music to come out of Germany. Presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Mozart: Overture - Marriage of Figaro Patrick Summers (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 8 Unfinished Heinrich Schiff (conductor) Brahms: 5 songs for chorus, Op 104 BBC Singers Celso Antunes (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 François-Frédéric Guy (piano) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 1 Spring Henrik Schaefer (conductor). | ||
| 20051226 | Marking the 75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a week of concerts focusing on some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Presented by John Shea. Elgar: Enigma Variations Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Holst: The Planets: Mars - the bringer of War; Venus - the bringer of peace; Jupiter - the bringer of Jollity Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Mahler Symphony No 1, Titan Rudolf Kempe (conductor). | ||
| 20051227 | Marking the 75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a week of concerts focusing on some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Presented by John Shea. Britten: Symphonia da Requiem, Op 20 Mark Elder (conductor) Boulez: Rituel in Memoriam Bruno Maderna Pierre Boulez (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 Ralph Vaughan Williams (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty - Prologue Gennadi Rozhdestvensy (conductor). | ||
| 20051228 | Marking the 75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a week of concerts focusing on some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Presented by John Shea. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8 Leopold Stokowski (conductor) Brahms Symphony No 4, Final movement - Allegro energico ed appassionato Bruno Walter (conductor) Lutoslawski: Partita for violin and orchestra with obbligato solo piano Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Phillip Moll (piano) Witold Lutoslawski (conductor) Scriabin: Symphony No 3, The Divine Poem Sir John Pritchard (conductor). | ||
| 20051229 | Marking the 75th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a week of concerts focusing on some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Presented by John Shea. Bliss: Music for strings Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Bernstein: Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah) Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 4 Heather Harper (soprano) Sir John Barbirolli (conductor). | ||
| 20051230 | BBC Symphony Orchestra 75th Anniversary John Shea presents the conclusion of this week's special focus on the recordings made over the last 75 years by the BBC SO since they were founded in 1930, featuring some of the greatest conductors to have worked with the orchestra. Elgar Overture: Cockaigne Sir Edward Elgar (conductor) Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture; Act 1 Scene 3 Ah! Mourir, chère belle Cellini....Nicolai Gedda Fieramosca....Robert Massard Teresa....Christine Eda-Pierre Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Elgar/Payne: Symphony No 3 Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) R Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). | ||
| 20060102 | Kings of Heaven and Earth This week's programmes reflect the lead up to Epiphany on January 6th, when the visit of the Three Kings to the manger is commemorated in the Christian calendar. This programme also features music recorded at a special concert given by the BBC SO last month in honour of the most famous of its founder members, the harpist Sidonie Goossens, and the first of this week's selection of music recorded at a Christmas concert given in December by the BBC Singers in Riga. Presented by Warwick Thompson. Ravel: La Valse Thierry Fischer (conductor) Poulenc: 4 motets pour le temps de Noel BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Alwyn: Harp Concerto, Lyra angelica Sioned Williams (harp) Andrew Simpson: A Garland for the King - BBC Commission, first broadcast Mahler: Symphony No 5: Adagietto Janacek: Otcenas BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane: Suite No 1 | ||
| 20060103 | Kings of Heaven and Earth Part of a series reflecting the lead up to Epiphany on January 6, when the visit of the Three Kings to the manger is commemorated in the Christian calendar. Presented by Warwick Thompson, and featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers. Holst: Egdon Heath, Op 47 James Judd (conductor) Saint-Saens: Serenade d'hiver BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Berlioz: King Lear Overture, Op 4 Rumon Gamba (conductor) Bridge: Two Intermezzi from Threads Richard Hickox (conductor) Bridge: Two Old English Songs Roderick Williams (baritone) Dominic Muldowney: Oboe Concerto David Cowley (oboe) Byrd: Four motets from Gradualia Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden | ||
| 20060104 | Kings of Heaven and Earth Part of a series reflecting the lead up to Epiphany on January 6, when the visit of the Three Kings to the manger is commemorated in the Christian calendar. Presented by Warwick Thompson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers. Smetana: Richard III, Op 11 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op 85 Paul Watkins (cello) MacMillan: Britannia James MacMillan (conductor) Finzi: All This Night, Op 33 BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing Beethoven: Piano concerto No 5 - Emperor Howard Shelley (piano) | ||
| 20060105 | Kings of Heaven and Earth Part of a series reflecting the lead up to Epiphany on January 6, when the visit of the Three Kings to the manger is commemorated in the Christian calendar. Presented by Warwick Thompson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers. Korngold: Suite - The Adventures of Robin Hood Rumon Gamba (conductor) Goodwin: Beauty and the Beast - Belle's Love Theme Ravel: Mother Goose - complete ballet Harry Christophers (conductor) Cornelius, arr Atkins: Three Kings BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Korngold: The Sea Wolf - complete music | ||
| 20060106 | Kings of Heaven and Earth Ulster Orchestra, BBC Singers This programme concludes the week's royal theme, reflecting today's feast of Epiphany, when the visit of the Three Kings to the manger is commemorated in the Christian calendar. Presented by Warwick Thompson. Borodin: Overture, Prince Igor Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Balakirev: Tamara Prokofiev: Violin concerto No 2, Op 63 Rafael Oleg (violin) Brahms: Marienlieder, Op 22 BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Lassus: Omnes de Saba Palestrina Surge Illuminare Andrew Carwood (conductor) Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony | ||
| 20060109 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Orchestral songs performed by some of the world's leading female singers feature in this week's programmes. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K165 Gail Pearson (soprano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Bartók: Two Pictures Jac van Steen (conductor) Hoddinott: A Contemplation Upon Flowers, for soprano and orchestra, Op 90 Mozart: Piano concerto No 27 in B flat, K595 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | ||
| 20060110 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestral songs performed by some of the world's leading female singers feature in this week's programmes. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Donizetti: Overture, Don Pasquale Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Chausson: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer Susan Graham (soprano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Revueltas: Sensamaya: Jac van Steen Ginastera: Popol Vuh Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Debussy arr Adams: Le Livre de Baudelaire | ||
| 20060111 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sandy Burnett presents music by Moeran, Britten and Elgar performed live from the St David's Hall, Cardiff. Moeran: Sinfonietta Britten: Les Illuminations Lisa Milne (soprano) Elgar: In the South, Alassio Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060112 | Sandy Burnett continues to feature some of the world's leading female singers. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. CPE Bach: Symphony in D Ilan Volkov (conductor) Handel: Alcina: Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai Lorna Anderson (soprano) Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Handel: Giulio Caesare: Da Tempeste Mendelssohn: Piano concerto No 1 Arnaldo Cohen (piano) Fabio Mechetti (conductor) Fanny Mendelssohn: Io d'amor Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 Italian | ||
| 20060113 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sandy Burnett presents a series of pieces concluding this week's focus on leading female singers. R. Strauss: Wiegenlied Ailish Tynan (mezzo) Douglas Bostok (conductor) Bartok: Rhapsody No. 2 Jane Peters (violin) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Walton: Partita for orchestra David Atherton (conductor) Ravel: Sheherazade - 3 poems for mezzo-soprano and orchestra Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Tippett: Concerto for violin, viola, cello and orchestra Members of the Chilingirian Quartet Levon Chillingirian (violin) Susie Meszaros (viola) Philip de Groote (cello) | ||
| 20060116 | 1/5. Louise Fryer presents a celebration of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it moves into its new home, Glasgow City Halls. Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 4 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Robert Spano (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20060117 | 2/5. A celebration of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it moves into its new home, Glasgow City Halls. Presented by Louise Fryer. MacCunn: Land of the Mountain and the Flood Martyn Brabbins (conductor) MacMillan: The World's Ransoming Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) Osmo Vanska (conductor) Mackenzie: Burns - Second Scottish Rhapsody, Op 24 MacRae: Stirling Choruses Ilan Volkov (conductor) MacCunn: Excerpts from Jeanie Deans | ||
| 20060118 | 3/5. A celebration of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it moves into its new home, Glasgow City Halls. Presented by Louise Fryer. Grieg: Norwegian Dances Alan Buribayev (conductor) Nielsen: Clarinet concerto Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Federico Cortese (conductor) Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela James Horan (cor anglais) Garry Walker (conductor) Nielsen: Symphony No 2, Op 16 Osmo Vänskä (conductor). | ||
| 20060119 | 4/5. A celebration of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it moves into its new home, Glasgow City Halls. Including the whole of the orchestra's last concert in its old home - Studio One at the BBC studios in Glasgow. Presented by Louise Fryer. Janácek: The Fiddler's Child Elizabeth Layton (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Janácek: The Eternal Gospel Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) Adrian Thompson (tenor) Edinburgh Festival Chorus Eisler: Little Symphony Brahms: Symphony No 1 | ||
| 20060120 | 5/5. A celebration of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as it moves into its new home, Glasgow City Halls. Presented by Louise Fryer. Shostakovich: Piano concerto No 1 in Cm, Op 35 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) Andrew Litton (conductor) Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - divertimento Baldur Bronnimann (conductor) Moszkowski: Ballade for Violin and Orchestra Tasmin Little (violin) Shostakovich: Piano concerto No 2 in F, Op 102 | ||
| 20060123 | Spotlighting a series of concertos for lower stringed instruments, presented by Sarah Walker. 1/5. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Elliot Carter: Boston Concerto for orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Andrew Toovey: Concerto for viola and orchestra Lawrence Power (viola) Henrik Schaefer (conductor) Bartók: Divertimento for strings | ||
| 20060124 | Spotlighting a series of concertos for lower stringed instruments, presented by Sarah Walker. 2/5. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4, BWV 1049, in G Lesley Hatfield (leader/director) Mendelssohn: Hebrides overture James Judd (conductor) Haydn: Concerto for cello and orchestra in C Daniel Muller Schott (cello) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3, Op 56, in Am - Scottish Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060125 | Spotlighting a series of concertos for lower stringed instruments, presented by Sarah Walker. 3/5. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Schumann: Manfred Overture Robin O'Neill (conductor) Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra Vanhal: Concerto for double bass and orchestra in D Anthony Alcock (double bass) Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 2 Tuomas Ollila (conductor). | ||
| 20060126 | Spotlighting a series of concertos for lower stringed instruments, presented by Sarah Walker. 4/5. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Bridge: Rebus - overture Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra L Berkeley: Symphony No 3, Op 74 Bridge: Oration (Concerto elegiaco) for cello and orchestra Alban Gerhardt (cello) Bridge: Symphony for string orchestra - Allegro Moderato | ||
| 20060127 | Spotlighting a series of concertos for lower stringed instruments, presented by Sarah Walker. 5/5. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Shostakovich: Suite - The Golden Mountains, Op 30a (extracts) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Yoshimatsu: Cello Concerto Peter Dixon (cello) Sachio Fujioka (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Vassily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| 20060130 | Featuring some of the most popular piano concertos, presented by Martin Handley. 1/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Ravel: Alborada del graciosa Richard Hickox (conductor) Saint-Saens: Piano concerto No 2 in Gm, Op 22 Marc André Hamelin (piano) Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Rota: La Strada Resphigi: The Fountains of Rome | ||
| 20060131 | Featuring some of the most popular piano concertos, presented by Martin Handley. 2/5. With the BBC Philharmonic. Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 3 Llyr Williams (piano) Pascal Rophé (conductor) Arensky: Intermezzo in Gm, Op 13 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 | ||
| 20060201 | Featuring some of the most popular piano concertos, presented by Martin Handley. 3/5. With the BBC Philharmonic. Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto No 1, Op 23 Lukas Vondracek (piano) Chagrin: Suite from the film score Greyfriars Bobby Rumon Gamba (conductor) Sibelius: Suite - Pelleas and Melisande | ||
| 20060202 | Featuring some of the most popular piano concertos, presented by Martin Handley. 4/5. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky: scherzo Fantastique, Op 3 Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Ravel: Piano concerto for the left hand Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Kelterborn: Symphony No 4 Baldur Bronimann (conductor) Stravinsky: Concerto in D - Basle Concerto Dmitri Sitkovetsky (conductor) Honegger: Symphony No 1 | ||
| 20060203 | Featuring some of the most popular piano concertos, presented by Martin Handley. 5/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Mozart: Magic Flute - Overture, K620 Paul Watkins (conductor) Mozart: Piano concerto No 25 in Cm, K503 Paul Lewis (piano) Kazushi Ono (conductor) Weber: Oberon Overture Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 2 in C Jac van Steen (conductor). | ||
| 20060206 | Sandy Burnett features music by British composers. 1/3. With the BBC Philharmonic Vaughan Williams: Overture - The Wasps Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Elgar: Violin Concerto James Ehnes (violin) Maxwell Davies: Cross Lane Fair Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) Alwyn: Penn of Pennsylvania - Suite Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20060207 | Sandy Burnett features music by British composers. 2/3. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture James Judd (conductor) Hoddinott: Trumpet concerto - The Shining Pyramid Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Douglas Bostkock (conductor) Matthias: Jubilee Dances Bridge: The Pageant of London Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: The Rose Lake | ||
| 20060208 | Sandy Burnett features music by British composers. 3/3. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Britten: Love from a Stranger Jav van Steen (conductor) Finzi: Clarinet concerto Richard Hosford (clarinet) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Roberto Gerhard, arr David Matthews: Music from This Sporting Life Tippett: 5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time Eleanor Meynell (soprano) Jacqueline Fox (mezzo-soprano) Neil MacKenzie (tenor) Edward Price (baritone) AdrIan Peacock (bass) BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Elisabeth Lutyens: Music from The Skull | ||
| 20060209 | Sandy Burnett introduces the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a live performance from Glasgow City Halls. Janacek: Vixen Suite Beethoven: Piano concerto No 3 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Dvorák: Symphony No 8 Bernard Klee (conductor). | ||
| 20060210 | Featuring the BBC Singers, live from St Paul's Knightsbridge in London, conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Thomas Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David Thomas Tomkins: When David Heard Orlando Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands Robert Carver: O Bone Jesu James MacMillan: Cantos Sagrados Francisco Fernández: Sancta Maria Juan de Araujo: Dime amor Anon Dulce: Jésus mío. | ||
| Love And Marriage 1 | 20060213 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates St Valentine's Day throughout the week, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales taking centre stage for music on the theme of love and marriage. Bridge: Adoration, H57; Where She Lies Asleep, H114; Love Went A-Riding, H115; Thy Hand in Mine, H124 Philip Langridge (tenor) Richard Hickox (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 2 Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury Plaintiff....Rebecca Evans Defendant....James Gilchrist Usher....Neal Davies Learned judge....Donald Maxwell Foreman of the jury....David Thaxton Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (chorus) | |
| Love And Marriage 2 | 20060214 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates St Valentine's Day throughout the week, with the BBC Concert Orchestra continuing the theme of love and marriage. German: Romeo and Juliet Prelude John Wilson (conductor) Trad, arr Vinter: 3 Jamaican songs Willard White (bass) Carl Davis (conductor) Parker: Treasure Island Rumon Gamba (conductor) German: Willow Song from Othello Copland: A Lincoln Portrait Parker, arr Lane: The Sword and the Rose German: Symphony No 1 | |
| Love And Marriage 3 | 20060215 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch continues her week-long celebration of love and marriage and St Valentine's Day, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with the main conductor Jac van Steen. Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Chorus of Wales Bartók: Viola Concerto (ed P Bartók) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Richard Strauss: Don Quixote Christian Poltera (cello). | |
| Love And Marriage 4 | 20060216 | With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a selection of music that continues this week's celebration of St Valentine's Day. Holst: St Paul's Suite Paul Watkins (conductor) L Berkeley: Voices of the Night, Op 86 Richard Hickox (conductor) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Tippett: Ritual dances from The Midsummer Marriage Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 Takuo Yuasa (conductor). | |
| Love And Marriage 5 | 20060217 | With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a selection of music that continues this week's celebration of St Valentine's Day. Strauss, Richard: Don Juan Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Mayuko Kamio (violin) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 2 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Sir Edward Downes (conductor). | |
| Shining Brass 1 | 20060220 | BBC Philharmonic Sarah Walker presents a week of programmes highlighting the noisiest members of the orchestra. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Harry Christophers (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Alexander Rudin (cello) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek Hugh Wolff (conductor) Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto, Nobody Knows de Trouble I See Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances | |
| Shining Brass 2 | 20060221 | Sarah Walker with a series highlighting the noisiest members of the orchestra. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Haydn: Trumpet concerto in E flat Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Sally Beamish: Trance O Nicht Jurjen Hempel (conductor) (First Broadcast) Elgar: Romance for bassoon and orchestra Julian Roberts (bassoon) John Wilson (conductor) Carmichael: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra John Wallace (trumpet) Simon Wright (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 Pastoral | |
| Shining Brass 3 | 20060222 | Sarah Walker with a series highlighting the noisiest members of the orchestra. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Pierre-Andre Valade. Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice Hoddinott: Euphonium Concerto David Childs (euphonium) Rameau: Les Indes Galantes - suite of orchestral numbers (from the opera-ballet) Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor) Messiaen: le Tombeau Resplendissant Roussel: Symphony No 3. | |
| Shining Brass 4 | 20060223 | Sarah Walker with a series highlighting the noisiest members of the orchestra. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Gershwin: An American in Paris Ilan Volkov (conductor) Volans: Stripweave Hamilton: Concerto for jazz trumpet and orchestra John Wallace (trumpet) Simon Wright (conductor) Bernstein: Facsimile Elgar: Symphony No 1, Op 55, in A flat | |
| Shining Brass 5 | 20060224 | Sarah Walker with a series highlighting the noisiest members of the orchestra. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Bridge: Blow out you bugles Philip Langridge (tenor) Richard Hickox (conductor) Copland: Quiet City Alison Balsom (trumpet) Alison Teale (cor anglais) Jac van Steen (conductor) Hoddinott: Trombone concerto Mark Eager (trombone) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Michael Daugherty: Sunset Strip Hoddinott: Nocturnes and Cadenzas Thomas Carroll (cello) Torke: Ecstatic Orange Ballet | |
| 20060227 | Featuring concertos for a variety of instruments, by German and Austrian composers, with the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by John Shea. Busoni: Lustspiel Overture, Op 38 Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Schumann: Nachtlied, Op 108 Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus David Hill (conductor) Schumann: Piano concerto in Am, Op 54 Kathryn Stott (piano) Vassily Petrenko (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 5 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20060228 | Featuring concertos for a variety of instruments, by German and Austrian composers, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by John Shea. Bartok: Romanian Dances Lesley Hatfield (director) Mozart: Oboe concerto, K314 David Cowley (oboe) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 6 in A Petri Sakari (conductor). | ||
| 20060301 | Featuring concertos for a variety of instruments, by German and Austrian composers, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by John Shea. Bridge: Two Songs of Robert Bridges Roderick Williams (baritone) Richard Hickox (conductor) Bruch: Violin concerto No 1, Op 26, in Gm Chlöe Hanslip (violin) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) L Berkeley: Symphony No 2, Op 51 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 19, in B flat John Lill (piano) Walter Weller (conductor). | ||
| 20060302 | Featuring concertos for a variety of instruments by German and Austrian composers, with the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by John Shea. Mozart: Overture - Cosi fan Tutte; Piano concerto in A, K414 Steven Osborne (piano) Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88 Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | ||
| 20060303 | Concluding the concertos for a variety of instruments by German and Austrian composers, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by John Shea. Mozart: Idomeneo - Overture Christian Gansch (conductor) Goldschmidt: Mediterranean Songs Mark LeBrocq (tenor) Cristian Mandeal (conductor) Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op 129, in Am Alban Gerhardt (cello) Philippe Auguin (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 3, Op 90, in F | ||
| 20060306 | Performances on the theme of France and Russia, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Louise Fryer. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op 49 Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Shostakovich, arr Barshai: Chamber Symphony, Op 110a Lesley Hatfield (director) Glazunov: Violin concerto Lesley Hatfield (violin) Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) | ||
| 20060307 | Another performance on the theme of France and Russia, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. Enescu: Symphonie Concertante for cello and orchestra, Op 8, in Bm Alban Gerhardt (cello) Carlos Kalmar (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3, Op 44, in Am Alexander Titov (conductor) Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Simon Trpceski (piano) Jurjen Hempel (conductor). | ||
| 20060308 | Continuing performances on the theme of France and Russia, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. Shostakovich: Symphony No 1, Op 10, in Fm Alexander Titov (conductor) Chausson: Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op 25 Nicola Benedetti (violin) Christopher Seaman (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107 Han-Na Chang (cello) Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20060309 | Continuing performances on the theme of France and Russia, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. Glinka: Souvenir d'une nuit d'ete a Madrid for orchestra (Spanish overture No 2) Alexander Titov (conductor) Tomasi: Clarinet Concerto Yann Ghiro (clarinet) Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Stravinsky: Danses concertantes Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe - suite No 2 Ilan Volkov (conductor) Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes - ballet in 3 deals Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor). | ||
| 20060310 | Continuing performances on the theme of France and Russia, featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by Louise Fryer. Shostakovich: Assault on Red Hill Martin Roscoe (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Chabrier: Habanera Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Prokofiev: Cinderella - Suite No 2 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 3 - Organ Jonathan Scott (organ) Shostakovich: The Young Guard (extracts) | ||
| 20060313 | Cellist Christian Poltera begins a week of concerts that throw the spotlight on some past and present BBC New Generation Artists. Presented by Sarah Walker. Handel: L'Allegro - Sweet Bird Lorna Anderson (soprano) Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Dvorák: Romance, Op 11, in Fm Elizabeth Layton (violin) Yoav Talmi (conductor) Haydn: Concerto for cello and orchestra in D Christian Poltera (cello) Alan Buribayev (conductor) Dvorák: Symphony No 7, Op 70, in Dm Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20060314 | Percussionist Colin Currie continues a week of concerts that throw the spotlight on some past and present BBC New Generation Artists. Presented by Sarah Walker. Bartók: Dance suite for orchestra, Sz 77 Ilan Volkov (conductor) John McLeod: Concerto for percussion and orchestra Colin Currie (percussion) Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Ligeti: Romanian concerto for orchestra Stanley Bate: Symphony No 3 Edward Gardner (conductor). | ||
| 20060315 | Live from the Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester, featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Presented by Sarah Walker. Wagner: Overture to Meistersinger Cyril Scott: Violin Concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) Sibelius: Symphony No 2 Martyn Brabbins (conductor). | ||
| 20060316 | Live from the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Sarah Walker. Ludwig Irgens Jensen: Passacaglia Dorati: Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Lutoslawski: Symphony No 4. | ||
| 20060317 | Presented by Sarah Walker, who introduces the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, No 10 Yoav Talmi (conductor) Sibelius: Violin Concerto Ilya Gringolts (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Dvorák: Czech suite, Op 39 Sibelius: Symphony No 3, Op 52, in C Garry Walker (conductor). | ||
| 20060320 | Focusing on music from Scandinavia, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Graeme Kay. Stenhammar: Excelsior! Symphonic Overture, Op 13 Mario Vengazo (conductor) Skalkottas: Four Images Nikos Christodoulou (conductor) Skalkottas: Piano Concerto No 2 Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano) Alfven: Midsummer Vigil - Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Op 19 | ||
| 20060321 | Focusing on music from Scandinavia, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Graeme Kay. Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite No 1, Op 46 James Judd (conductor) Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16, in Am Nelson Goerner (piano) Walton: Symphony No 1 Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20060322 | Focusing on music from Scandinavia, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Graeme Kay. Sibelius: Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 7, Op 105, in C Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Sibelius: Rakastava, Op 14 Mikhail Agrest (conductor) Sibelius: Symphony No 1, Op 39, in Em | ||
| 20060323 | Focusing on music from Scandinavia, with the Ulster Orchestra. Presented by Graeme Kay. Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Takua Yuasa (conductor) Grieg: From Monte Pincio; Henrik Wergeland Solvieg Kringelborn (soprano) János Fürst (conductor) Pärt: Tabula Rasa Lesley Hatfield, Paul Barrit (violin) Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Grieg: Symphony Dances Rachmaninov: The Rock Christian Gansch (conductor). | ||
| 20060324 | Focusing on music from Scandinavia, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Graeme Kay. Raitio: The Swans Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Merikanto: Symphonic Study for Orchestra Martinsson: Cello Concerto Matts Linström (cello) Mario Vengazo (conductor) Merikanto: Pan - a tone poem for orchestra Rosenberg: Symphony No 6 - Sinfonia Semplice | ||
| 20060327 | Edward Seckerson presents music celebrating towns and cities in Britain, Europe and America. 1/5. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ireland: A London Overture Coates: Four Old English Songs Jamie MacDougall (tenor) John Wilson (conductor) Bernstein: Serenade (After Plato's The Symposium) Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Bax: Tintagel Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915, Op 24 Ailish Tynan (soprano) Jurjen Hempel (conductor). | ||
| 20060328 | Edward Seckerson presents music celebrating towns and cities in Britain, Europe and America. 2/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Elgar: Froissart Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Bridge: A Prayer Richard Hickox (conductor) BBC National Chorus of Wales Respighi: The Pines of Rome Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Rossini: Overture - Barber of Seville Alexander Titov (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 - Italian Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20060329 | Edward Seckerson presents music celebrating towns and cities in Britain, Europe and America. 3/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Walton: Gloria Claire Bradshaw (mezzo) Wynne Evans (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Cardiff Polyphonic Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 - A London Symphony Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060330 | Edward Seckerson presents music celebrating towns and cities in Britain, Europe and America. 4/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers. Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D - London Paul Watkins (conductor) Granville Bantock: A Pageant of Human Life BBC Singers New London Children's Choir Malcolm Williamson: Sonnet Ronald Corp: Dover Beach (BBC commission; premiere broadcast) Ronald Corp (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 38, K504, in D - Prague Carlos Kalmar (conductor). | ||
| 20060331 | Edward Seckerson presents music celebrating towns and cities in Britain, Europe and America. 5/5. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Delius, arr Beecham: Walk to the Paradise Garden Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Bingham: The Secret Garden BBC Symphony Chorus Iain Farrington (organ) Stephen Jackson (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Delius: Dance Rhapsody No 2 Britten: Plymouth Town Grant Llewellyn (conductor). | ||
| 20060403 | Starting a series of clarinet concertos, presented by Louise Fryer. 1/5. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic and The Sixteen. Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) Edward Gregson: Blazon Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Arr Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - Baïléro; Chut, chut; Brezairola; Malurous qu'o uno fenno; La-haut, sur le rocher; Lou Coucout Susan Bullock (soprano) Edward Gregson: Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Fauré: Requiem Libby Crabtree (soprano) Jonathan Arnold (baritone) | ||
| 20060404 | Continuing a series of clarinet concertos, presented by Louise Fryer. 2/5. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Fm Robert Plane (clarinet) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Hoddinott: French Suite Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1 in Am Gautier Capucon (cello) Beethoven: Symphony No 3 - Eroica Vasily Petrenko (conductor). | ||
| 20060405 | Continuing a series of clarinet concertos, presented by Louise Fryer. 3/5. Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Yoshimatsu: Prelude to the Celebration of Birds Sachio Fukioka (conductor) R Strauss Suite: Der Rosenkavalier Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K622 Julian Bliss (clarinet) Mahler: Symphony No 10 - Adagietto Ravel: La Valse Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20060406 | Continuing a series of clarinet concertos, presented by Louise Fryer. Live from St David's Hall in Cardiff. 4/5. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Adams: Harmonielehre Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Ellington: Harlem Kristjan Jarvi (conductor) Including a recording during the interval of: Copland: Clarinet Concerto Robert Plane (clarinet) Eric Stern (conductor). | ||
| 20060407 | Concluding a series of clarinet concertos, presented by John Shea. 5/5. Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Mozart: Symphony No 41, K551, in C - Jupiter Jurjen Hempel (conductor) Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Federico Cortese (conductor) Brahms: Symphony No 1, Op 68, in Cm Christopher Seaman (conductor). | ||
| 20060410 | As we approach Good Friday's performance of Bach's St John Passion, a series showcasing other famous large scale works involving the chorus. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. 1/5. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Walton: Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) Paul Watkins (conductor) Tippett: A Child of Our Time Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060411 | BBC Philharmonic. Large Choral Works Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Handel arr Stokowski Saul: Dead March Matthias Bamert (conductor) Dvorák: Cello Concerto, Op 104 in Bm Steven Isserlis (cello) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Brahms: A German Requiem Maureen Braithwaite (soprano) Christopher Purves (baritone) Leeds Philharmonic Chorus Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus David Hill (conductor). | ||
| 20060412 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Large Choral Works Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Beethoven: Symphony No 1 François-Xavier Roth (conductor) Verdi: Requiem Janice Watson (soprano) Catherine Wyn Rogers (alto) Dennis O'Neill (tenor) Alastair Miles (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales Cordydd Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060413 | Large Choral Works Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Weber: Andante and Rondo Ongarese Jaroslaw Augustyniak (bassoon) Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Haydn: Creation Nancy Argenta, Martha McLorinan (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor). | ||
| 20060418 | BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers Shostakovich's Film Music On Friday, Afternoon Performance broadcasts Shostakovich's score for the 1929-1931 Soviet silent film Odna, or Alone, given its UK premiere recently by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Leading up to that each day this week, some of the composer's better-known film scores are featured. Also, the BBC Singers perform choral music from Russia. Presented by John Shea. Haydn: Symphony No 26 Sylvian Cambreling (conductor) Shostakovich: Gadfly Suite, Op 97a Maxim Shostakovich (conductor) Schubert/Webern: Deutsche Tanze Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Gretchaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 29 Cherubic Hymn; Verouiou, Credo Lynette Alcàntara (mezzo soprano) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Schoenberg: Waltzes for String Orchestra (World Premier recording) | ||
| 20060420 | BBC Philharmonic and BBC Singers. Shostakovich's Film Music Presented by John Shea. Mozart: Flute Concerto in G, K313 Philippa Davies (flute) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Shostakovich: Suite from the film score: Five Days, Five Nights Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Gretchaninoff: Strstnaya sedmitsa, Passion week, Op 58; Svete tihiy, Gladsome Light; Tebe odeyushchagosia, Thou Who Clothest Thyself with Light; Bog Gospod... Blagoobraznïy Iosif, The Lord is God... Noble Joseph BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 Josep Caballé-Domenech (conductor). | ||
| 20060421 | Shostakovich's Film Music Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, presented by John Shea. Gerard McBurney introduces Shostakovich's score for the extraordinary 1931 Russian silent film Odna, or Alone, given its UK premiere recently by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Chesnokov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op 42; Hvalite Ghospoda (Praise the Lord); Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts, Op 24; Da ispravitsia molitva moya (Let My Prayer Arise) Sian Menna (mezzo soprano) Ne otverzhi mene (Cast Me not Away) AdrIan Peacock (bass) BBC Singers Dominic Wheeler (conductor) Shostakovich: Odna Gerard McBurney (narrator) Irina Mataeva (soprano) Anna Kiknadze (mezzo soprano) Dmitri Voropaev (tenor) Apollo Voices Mark Fitz-Gerald (conductor). | ||
| 20060424 | BBC National Orchestra Of Wales British Symphony Series. Rubbra Afternoon Performance embarks upon an ambitious 20 month long journey through the symphony cycles of British composers. This week and next, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales begins this journey with its acclaimed recordings of the 11 symphonies of Edmund Rubbra. This symphony is preceded by music of composers whom Rubbra admired. Presented by Martin Handley. Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Bartok: Two Pictures Jac van Steen (conductor) Debussy: La Mer Kazushni Ono (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 1, Op 44 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060425 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales British Symphony Series. Rubbra Presented by Martin Handley. Tippet: Fantasia on a Theme of Corelli for String Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Britten: Nocturne Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Douglas Bostock (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 2, Op 45 | ||
| 20060426 | BBC National Orchestra Of Wales British Symphony Series. Rubbra As well as the symphony in this week's cycle, the music is from the Ballets Russes, for whom Rubbra played the piano in rehearsals when they visited this country. Presented by Martin Handley. Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Richard Hickox (conductor) De Falla The Three Cornered Hat - Concert version David Atherton (conductor) Borodin: Polovstian Dances, from Prince Igor Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 3, Op 49 | ||
| 20060427 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Live from the Glasgow City Halls. Presented by Martin Handley. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings, Op 31 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) David Flack (horn) Sibelius: Symphony No 2, Op 43 in D Stefan Solyom (conductor). | ||
| 20060428 | BBC National Orchestra Of Wales Presented by Martin Handley. Janácek: Adagio Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 4, Op 53 Richard Hickox (conductor) Bartók: Piano Concerto No 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) Joseph Swensen (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 5, Op 63 | ||
| British Symphony Series - Rubbra | 20060501 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales This week Afternoon Performance concludes the first part of its journey through the symphony cycles of British composers. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Rubbra: Ode to the Queen, Op 83 Susan Bickley (soprano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Walton: Crown Imperial Rumon Gamba (conductor) Elgar: Cockaigne Overture James Judd (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 6, Op 80 Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Lesley Hatfield (director). | |
| 20060502 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales. British Symphony Series. Rubbra Presented by Edward Seckerson. Rubbra: The Morning Watch, Op 55 BBC NCW Richard Hickox (conductor) Guto: Puw Oboe Concerto, World Premiere David Cowley (oboe) Garry Walker (conductor) Holst: The Hymn of Jesus Thomas Hampson (baritone) Bach Choir BBC National Chorus of Wales St Paul's Cathedral Choir Rubbra: Symphony No 7, Op 88 | ||
| 20060503 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales British Symphony Series. Rubbra Presented by Edward Seckerson. Debussy: Premier Rhapsodie, 843 Robert Plane (clarinet) Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Rubbra: Sinfonia Concertante , Op 38 Howard Shelley (piano) Richard Hickox (conductor) Poulenc: Piano Concerto Pascal Rogé (piano) Douglas Boyd (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 8, Op 132, Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin | ||
| 20060504 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales British Symphony Series. Rubbra Presented by Edward Seckerson. Rubbra: Symphony No 9, Sinfonia Sacra, Op 140 Lynne Dawson (soprano) Della Jones (alto) Stephen Roberts (bass) BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Milhaud: La Création du Monde François-Xavier Roth (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 10, Op 145, Sinfonia da Camera | ||
| 20060505 | BBC Singers Live from St Giles Church, Cripplegate. The BBC Singers, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, and Fretwork present a concert of music by Byrd, Tomkins, Holborne and Gibbons. During the interval the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs the last in its complete cycle of Rubbra's 11 symphonies. Presented by John Shea. Gibbons, Orlando: Jubilate (from The Second Service); Glorious and Powerful God Tomkins, Thomas: Rejoice, Rejoice, Sing and Rejoice Peter Philips (conductor) Interval: Rubbra: Symphony No 11, Op 153 in one movement BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands Tomkins: Know Ye Not Gibbons: See, See the Word. | ||
| 20060508 | Sarah Walker introduces a programme by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with New Generation Artists. Beethoven: Die Weihe des Hauses - overture, Op 124 Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito - Se all'impero, amici Die! Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Alison Balsom (trumpet) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Un' Aura amoro sa; Die Zauberflöte - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Shostakovich: Symphony No 6, Op 54, in Bm | ||
| 20060509 | Sarah Walker introduces a programme by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with New Generation Artists. Walton, arr Mathieson: Hamlet and Ophelia Richard Hickox (conductor) Finzi: Dies Natalis, Op 8 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) James Judd (conductor) Sibelius: Kuolema - incidental music, Op 44; Valse Triste; The Cranes Eino Tamberg: Trumpet Concerto Alison Balsom (trumpet) Bridge: The Sea - Suite for Orchestra | ||
| 20060510 | Sarah Walker introduces a programme by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with New Generation Artists. Schumann: Genoveva - Overture Henrik Schaefer (conductor) Eisler: Little Symphony, Op 29 Ilan Volkov (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Bernhard Klee (conductor) Schumann: Faust Overture Beethoven: Symphony No 8, Op 93, in F Christoph Koenig (conductor). | ||
| 20060511 | Sarah Walker introduces a programme by the BBC Philharmonic, with New Generation Artists. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 Llyr Williams (piano) Pascal Rophé (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Op 36, in Fm Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| 20060512 | Sarah Walker introduces a programme by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with New Generation Artists. JS Bach, arr Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582 in Cm Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Mahler: Ruckertlieder Christine Rice (mezzo) Alexander Rumpf (conductor) Dvorák: Symphonic Variations, Op 78 Beethoven: Piano concerto No 4 Martin Helmchen (piano) Bernhard Klee (conductor). | ||
| 20060515 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra British Symphony Series. James MacMillan Sandy Burnett presents another programme in the series following the British Symphony. Scarlatti arr Woolrich: Three Sonatas, K435, K213, K181 Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Jurjen Hempel (conductor) MacMillan: Symphony No 1 Vigil Fine Arts Brass Ensemble Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Scarlatti arr Shostakovich: Sonata, Kk20, in E, Capriccio for wind ensemble, Op 172 Ilan Volkov (conductor). | ||
| 20060516 | Ulster Orchestra with BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Weber: Overture, Der Freischutz Hummel: Fantasie for Viola and Orchestra (reconstitution Fernand Oubradous) Hindemith: Trauermusik Antoine Tamestit (viola) Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K450 Martin Helmchen (piano) Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Tuomas Ollila (conductor). | ||
| 20060517 | BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers British Symphony Series. James MacMillan Sandy Burnett introduces another in the British Symphony Series featuring work by James MacMillan. Chagrin: The Intruder - orchestral episodes from the film score Rumon Gamba (conductor) Anon arr MacMillan: The Cruel Mother Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) MacMillan Mairi BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Maxwell Davies: Throstles Nest Junction Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) MacMillan: Symphony No 2 James MacMillan (conductor) Chagrin: Helter Skelter, or The Girl with Hiccups - comedy overture MacMillan: O bone Jesu Tallis: O Nata Lux | ||
| 20060518 | BBC Philharmonic. BBC Singers Presented by Sandy Burnett Philips: Ascendit Deus; Ave Jesu Christe; Ecce Vicit Leo BBC Singers Stephen Layton (conductor) MacMillan: Into the Ferment BBC Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor) Purcell: My Heart Is Inditing St James Baroque Players MacMillan: Piano Concerto No 2, premier broadcast Wayne Marshall (piano) Purcell: I Was Glad Purcell: Chacony in Gm, Z730 | ||
| 20060519 | BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers Sandy Burnett presents another in series of British Symphonies. This programme features James MacMillan. MacMillan: Laudi alla vergine Maria Carver Gaude flore virginali BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Bax: November Woods Vernon Handley MacMillan: Tremunt videntes angeli MacMillan: Symphony No 3 Silence James MacMillan (conductor). | ||
| Music For The Stage | 20060522 | With music from every aspect of the stage - including opera, ballet, existing music which has been choreographed for dance and incidental music for plays. Presented by Louise Fryer. Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla - Overture Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Britten: Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a, and Passacaglia, Op 33b Elgar: Variations on an original theme - Enigma, Op 36 Paul Watkins (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade - symphonic suite, Op 35 | |
| Music For The Stage | 20060523 | With music from every aspect of the stage - including opera, ballet, existing music which has been choreographed for dance and incidental music for plays. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. Ibert: Hommage à Mozart Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Mozart: Idomeneo - Ballet Music No 1 - Chaconne; Ballet Music No 2 - Pas Seul Olari Elts (conductor) Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Divertimento Baldur Bronnimann (conductor) Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture Alexander Titov (conductor) Rameau, ed. McGegan: Suite for Orchestra from Naïs Gounod: Symphony No 1 in D | |
| Music For The Stage | 20060524 | With music from every aspect of the stage - including opera, ballet, existing music which has been choreographed for dance and incidental music for plays. With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Presented by Louise Fryer. Fauré: Ballade, Op 19, in F sharp Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye (complete ballet) Ruman Gamba (conductor) Weber: Oberon - Overture Takuo Yuasa (conductor) R Strauss: Burleske for piano and orchestra, AV 85, in Dm Stravinsky: Pulcinella (complete ballet) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo) Mark Tucker (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) Richard Hickox (conductor). | |
| Music For The Stage | 20060525 | With music from every aspect of the stage - including opera, ballet, existing music which has been choreographed for dance and incidental music for plays. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - Suite, Op 66a Stefan Solyom (conductor) Janácek, arr Talich: Cunning Little Vixen - Suite Bernhard Klee (conductor) Glinka: Kamarinskaya - fantasy for orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor) Dohnányi: Concertstuck for cello and orchestra, Op 12, in D Alban Gerhardt (cello) Carlos Kalmar (conductor) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Excerpts from Suites 1, 2 and 3 | |
| Music For The Stage | 20060526 | With music from every aspect of the stage - including opera, ballet, existing music which has been choreographed for dance and incidental music for plays. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. J Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen - Voices of Spring, Op 410 Meyerbeer: Ombre Légère - Shadow Song from Dinorah Amelia Farrugia (soprano) Alexander Briger (conductor) Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1, Op 13, in Gm - Winter Daydreams Edward Gardner (conductor) Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 2, Op 129, in C sharp m Daniel Hope (violin) Maxim Shostakovich (conductor) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod Christine Brewer (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor). | |
| 20060529 | The spotlight is on Violin Concertos, presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Liszt: From the Cradle to the Grave - Symphonic Poem Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op 62 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Dvorák: Violin concerto, Op 53, in Am James Ehnes (violin) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op 20, Extracts | ||
| 20060530 | Violin Concertos Presented by Edward Seckerson Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Gregson: Violin concerto Olivier Charlier (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Cyril Scott: Symphony No 4 Elgar: In the South, Alassio, Overture, Op 50 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Gregson: Saxophone Concerto (premier performance) Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) Clark Rundell (conductor). | ||
| 20060531 | Violin Concertos Presented by Edward Seckerson. Stuart MacRae: Stirling Choruses for brass ensemble Ilan Volkov (conductor) Britten: Les Illuminations, Op 18 Ailish Tynan (soprano) Henrik Schaefer (conductor) Stuart MacRae: Violin concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Britten: Simple Symphony, Op 4 Paul Watkins (conductor) Walton: Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) Tuomas Ollila (conductor). | ||
| 20060601 | BBC Philharmonic and BBC Singers This programme of English music is in two halves: in the first, the BBC Philharmonic continues this week's theme of violin concertos; in the second, the BBC Singers give a live concert from the Temple Church in London. Presented by Edward Seckerson in the studio and Louise Fryer at the Temple Church in London. Arnold: A Flourish Rumon Gamba (conductor) Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op 61 in Bm Andrew Haveron (violin) Simon Wright (conductor) 3.00pm Live from Temple Church, London BBC Singers Stephen Disley (organ) Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Elgar: Give Unto the Lord, Psalm 29 Judith Bingham: The Drowned Lovers Stanford: The Blue Bird Elgar: The Shower; Death on the Hills; Go Song of Mine Judith Bingham: The Darkness is no Darkness SS Wesley: Thou Wilt Keep Him Elgar: Ave verum; Great is the Lord, Psalm 48. | ||
| 20060602 | Concluding the series focusing on Violin Concertos, presented by Edward Seckerson, and featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Schubert: Symphony No 8, D759, in Bm - Unfinished Heinrich Schiff (conductor) Hubay: Violin Concerto No 1, Op 21, in Am - Concerto Dramatique Hagai Shaham (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 2, Op 36, in D Yasuo Shinozaki (conductor) Hubay: Violin Concerto No 4, Op 101, in Am - Concerto all'antica | ||
| 20060605 | The music of Sir Lennox Berkeley comes under the spotlight this week, presented by Sandy Burnett. Berkeley was a contemporary of Britten and Tippett, studied in France and was friends with Poulenc and Ravel - whose music is included alongside Berkeley's 1st symphony in this programme. L Berkeley: Serenade for string orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Poulenc: Sinfonietta Ravel: Concerto for piano (left hand) and orchestra in D Louis Lortie (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor) L Berkeley: Symphony No 1, Op 16, in C | ||
| 20060606 | The music of Sir Lennox Berkeley comes under the spotlight this week, presented by Sandy Burnett. Britten: Sinfonietta for 10 instruments, Op 1 Douglas Boyd (conductor) L Berkeley: Voices of the Night, Op 86 Richard Hickox (conductor) Tippett: Triple Concerto Levon Chilingirian (violin) Susie Meszaros (viola) Philip de Groote (cello) David Atherton (conductor) L Berkeley: Symphony No 2, Op 51 | ||
| 20060607 | A concert throwing the spotlight on some of the current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, live from The City Halls in Glasgow, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yasuo Shinozaki. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Marcello: Oboe Concerto in Dm Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe/director) Berg: Violin Concerto Alina Ibragimova (violin) Dvorak: Cello Concerto Christian Poltera (cello). | ||
| 20060608 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales British Symphony Series: Sir Lennox Berkeley 1903-1989 Presented by Sandy Burnett. Elgar: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op 20 in Em Lesley Hatfield (director) L Berkeley: Symphony No 3, (Op 74 Richard Hickox (conductor) Walton: Partita for orchestra David Atherton (conductor) M Berkeley: Concerto for viola, cor anglais and orchestra Tristessa Celia Craig (cor anglais) Steven Burnard (viola) Bridge: Suite for string orchestra, H 93 | ||
| 20060609 | The music of Sir Lennox Berkeley comes under the spotlight, presented by Sandy Burnett. Plus, as the World Cup gets underway, the programme celebrates with musical sporting references. Bizet: Jeux d'enfants James Judd (conductor) Poulenc, arr L Berkeley: Sonata for flute, Op 93/2 Katherine Baker (flute) Christian Gansch (conductor) Debussy: Jeux - poeme danse Thierry Fischer (conductor) Honegger: Rugby - movement symphonique No 2 L Berkeley: Symphony, No 4, Op 94 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060612 | A journey through British Film Music, as recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. The selection includes music written for British films by non-British composers, and focuses on stories set in London and those depicting the British class system. Presented by Graeme Kay. Georges Auric: Suite from The Lavender Hill Mob Rumon Gamba (conductor) Richard Rodney Bennett: Lady Caroline Lamb - Elegy for viola and orchestra Philip Dukes (viola) Georges Auric: Suite from It Always Rains on Sunday Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 18, in Cm Noriko Ogawa (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Vaughan Williams: The Dim Little Island Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) | ||
| 20060613 | A recital live from the Ulster Hall in Belfast, featuring BBC Radio New Generation Artists joining forces with the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by David Agler. Presented by Louise Fryer. Bach: Brandenburg concerto No 3, BWV 1048, in G Vivaldi, transcr. Bach: Trumpet Concerto in D Alison Balsom (trumpet) Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op 61, in D Alina Ibragimova (violin). | ||
| 20060614 | A journey through British Film Music, as recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. The selection includes music written for war films. Presented by Graeme Kay. Ron Goodwin: Battle of Britain Suite Rumon Gamba (conductor) Arnold Bax: Malta, GC Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, from Dangerous Moonlight Martin Roscoe (piano) Alan Rawsthorne: Suite from Burma Victory Goodwin: Force Ten from Navarone - Main theme Vaughan Williams: 49th Parallel Emily Gray (soprano) Ron Goodwin: Where Eagles Dare - Main Theme | ||
| 20060615 | A journey through British Film Music, as recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. The selection includes music written for film dramatisations of novels by Charles Dickens. Presented by Graeme Kay. Malcolm Arnold: Suite from David Copperfield Rumon Gamba (conductor) Arnold Bax: Oliver Twist Richard Addinsell: Suite from Scrooge | ||
| 20060616 | A journey through British Film Music, as recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba. As a nod towards the Queen's official birthday, the music focuses on films concerning royalty and the State. Presented by Graeme Kay. Arthur Bliss: Welcome to the Queen - March Rumon Gamba (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Suite from The England of Elizabeth Chetham's Chamber Choir Arnold: Symphonic Study Machines for brass, percussion and strings, Op 30 Arthur Bliss: The Royal Palaces Suite Malcolm Arnold: Suite from No Love for Johnnie Vaughan Williams: The People's Land Alan Rawsthorne: Saraband and Carnival, from Saraband for Dead Lovers | ||
| 20060619 | BBC Symphony Orchestra Russian Symphonies Presented by Sarah Walker. Bach, orch. Skrowaczewski: Toccata and Fugue, BWV 538 in Dm, Dorian Leanoard Slatkin (conductor) Gounod: Romeo et Juliette: Ah!, Je veux vivre dans ce reve Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe, Conduisez-moi vers celui que j'adore Amelia Farrugia (soprano) Alexander Briger (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No 4, Op 43, in Cm Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). | ||
| 20060620 | Russian Symphonies Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, presented by Sarah Walker. Honegger: Pastorale dété, symphonic poem Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures from an exhibition James Judd (conductor) Jolivet: Trumpet Concerto No 2 Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Richard Hickox (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony No 3, Op 44, in Cm Jac van Steen (conductor). | ||
| 20060621 | Russian Symphonies Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, presented by Sarah Walker.Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2, Op 63, in GmJames Ehnes (violin)Jac van Steen (conductor)Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2, Op 27, in EmJac van Steen (conductor). | ||
| 20060622 | Russian Symphonies Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, presented by Sarah Walker.Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko Mikhail Agrest (conductor)Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No 4, Op 70, in DmMarc-Andre Hamelin (piano)Michael Stern (conductor)Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Op 74, in Bm - Pathetique Alexander Titov (conductor). | ||
| 20060623 | Russian Symphonies Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, presented by Sarah Walker.To commemorate the anniversary of Gliere's death 50 years ago, the composer's giant 3rd Symphony is featured. It depicts the life of the Medieval warrior hero, Ilya Murometz.Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude from Act 1 Edward Downes (conductor)Gliere: Symphony No 3 in Bm - Ilya Murometz Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| On Tour - 1 | 20060626 | The week's theme is concerts recorded on tour abroad, highlighting the ambassadorial role of the BBC performing groups. Presented by Louise Fryer. 1/5. The BBC Symphony Orchestra Nielsen: Maskarade Overture Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16, in Am Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in Dm | |
| On Tour - 2 - The Bbc Philharmonic | 20060627 | Liszt: Les Preludes - Symphonic Poem after Lamartine, S97 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op 64, in Em Mayuko Kamio (violin) Beethoven: Symphony No 5, Op 67, in Cm | |
| On Tour - 4 - The Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra | 20060629 | R Strauss: Don Juan, Op 20 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107, in E flat Han-Na Chang (cello) Debussy: Printemps Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version) Ilan Volkov (conductor). | |
| On Tour | 20060630 | The week's theme is concerts recorded on tour abroad, highlighting the ambassadorial role of the BBC performing groups. Presented by Louise Fryer. 5/5. The BBC Symphony Orchestra Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op 77, in D Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 1, Op 55, in A flat | |
| 20060703 | British Symphony Series 1/9. Ralph Vaughan Williams is in the spotlight, as Louise Fryer starts a series broadcasting all nine of his symphonies in order - starting with the ecstatic choral extravaganza The Sea Symphony. Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Fine Arts Brass Ensemble Stephen Jackson (conductor) Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Andrew Davis (conductor). | ||
| 20060704 | British Symphony Series 2/9. Ralph Vaughan Williams is in the spotlight, as Louise Fryer continues a series broadcasting all nine of his symphonies in order. Morris: Six English Folk Songs BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No 2) Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20060705 | British Symphony Series 3/9. Ralph Vaughan Williams is in the spotlight, as Louise Fryer continues a series broadcasting all nine of his symphonies in order. Pearsall: Lay a Garland Standford: When Mary Through the Garden Went Parry: Music When Soft Voices Die BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Delius: Life's Dance Holst: Choral Hymns from Rig Veda - group 3 Sioned Williams (harp) BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) Patricia Rozario (soprano) Gareth Bimson (trumpet) Andrew Davis (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Rest | ||
| 20060706 | British Symphony Series 4/9. Ralph Vaughan Williams is in the spotlight, as Louise Fryer continues a series broadcasting all nine of his symphonies in order. American trad. Lullaby, arr. Rutter: Black Sheep Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan: Elijah Rock BBC Singers Bob Chilcott (conductor) Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Howard Shelley (piano) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Scottish trad, arr. Vaughan Williams: Ca' the Yowes Stuart MacIntyre (baritone) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in Fm | ||
| 20060707 | Graeme Kay presents the BBC Philharmonic performing works by Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Fauré and Howells. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Vaughan Williams: The story of a Flemish Farm - Suite from the film Rumon Gamba (conductor) Fauré: Requiem Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) Benjamin Davies (baritone) Harry Christophers (conductor) Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing The Sixteen | ||
| British Symphony Series - 5 | 20060710 | This week's programmes conclude the cycle of all nine of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies, starting today with No 5. Presented by Martin Handley. Shostakovich: The Volachayev Days - music for the film, Op 48 Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op 45 Hugh Wolff (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 in D Paul Watkins (conductor). | |
| 20060711 | British Symphony Series BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 6/9. Includes a performance of Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 6. Presented by Martin Handley. Stravinsky: Symphony in three movements Ilan Volkov (conductor) Saint-Saens: Havanaise for violin and orchestra, Op 83 Nicola Benedetti (violin) Christopher Seaman (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6 Osmo Vanska (conductor). | ||
| 20060712 | British Symphony Series BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 7/9. Presented by Martin Handley. Includes a performance of Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica, Symphony No 7 Rodney Bennett: The Return of the Soldier - music from the film Jac van Steen (conductor) Britten arr. Colin Matthews: Love from a Stranger - music from the film Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Symphony No 7 Patricia Rozario (soprano) Women of the BBC Symphony Chorus Andrew Davis (conductor). | ||
| 20060713 | British Symphony Series BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales 8/9. Presented by Martin Handley. Includes Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 8 in Dm Holst: St Paul's Suite Paul Watkins (conductor) Stanford: Songs of the Sea Gerald Finley (baritone) National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8 in Dm Richard Vardigans (conductor). | ||
| 20060714 | BBC Philharmonic British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Presented by Martin Handley. Arnold: A Sussex Overture, Op 31 Rumon Gamba (conductor) Bax: The Garden of Fand - Symphonic Poem Vernon Handley (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 9 in Em Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor). | ||
| 20060911 | 1/5. The Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Singers join forces for the British Symphony Series, highlighting the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Presented by Louise Fryer. Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 1 Vernon Handley (conductor) Potter: Overture to a Kitchen Comedy Robert Houlihan (conductor) Herbert: Cello Concerto No 2, Op 30, in Em William Butt (cello) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Stanford: 8 Part songs, Op 119 BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Stanford: Symphony No 1 in B flat | ||
| 20060912 | 2/5. The Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Singers join forces for the British Symphony Series, highlighting the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Presented by Louise Fryer. Stanford: Symphony No 2 in Dm - Elegiac Vernon Handley (conductor) Bax: Prologue (Into the Twilight) - from Eire, 3 Tone Poems Rumon Gamba (conductor) Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 2 in Fm - The Lament for the Son of Ossian Elgar: Death on the Hills BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Stanford: Symphony No 3 in Fm - Irish | ||
| 20060913 | 3/5. The Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Singers join forces for the British Symphony Series, highlighting the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Presented by Louise Fryer. Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 3 for Cello and Orchestra Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Vernon Handley (conductor) Frederick May: Sunlight and Shadow Robert Houlihan (conductor) Elgar: 2 Choral Songs, Op 71 BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Bax: Rosc-Catha - from Eire, 3 Tone Poems Rumon Gamba (conductor) Stanford: Symphony No 4 in F Philip Hammond: '...while the sun shines' Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 4 in Am - The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and what he saw. | ||
| 20060914 | 4/5. The Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Singers join forces for the British Symphony Series, highlighting the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Presented by Louise Fryer. Stanford: Symphony No 5 in D - L'Allegro ed il Penseroso Vernon Handley (conductor) Elgar: 2 Choral Songs, Op 73 BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 5 in Gm Gerald Barry: Weiner Blut Rumon Gamba (conductor) Stanford: Symphony No 6 in E flat - In honour of the life-work of a great artist - George Frederick Watts | ||
| 20060915 | 5/5. The series highlighting the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford concludes with a concert of English choral music that includes some of his sacred music, as well as part songs by Charles Wood, Hubert Parry and Arthur Sullivan. With the BBC Singers, conducted by David Hill. Presented live from St Paul's Knightsbridge in London, by Louise Fryer. Parry: Songs of Farewell Stanford: Symphony No 7 in Dm Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Stanford: Magnificat for double choir in B flat Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 6 for Violin and Orchestra Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) From Choral Songs in honour of her majesty (1899) Sir Frederick Bridge: For all the wonder of thy regal day AC MacKenzie: With wisdom, goodness, grace Charles Wood: Blow, blow, thou winter wind; How Sweet the moonlight sleeps; Full Fathom Five Sullivan: The Long Day closes. | ||
| 20060918 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Witches and Fairies This week's music is sprinkled with sprites, demons, witches and fairies as encountered in fairy tales, ballets, plays and literature. The programme also features a recording made at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Presented by John Shea. Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra, Op 86, in F Ilan Volkov (conductor) Schumann: Manfred - incidental music Manfred....Mark Waschke Astarte....Lucy Crowe Witch of the Alps....Anna Stéphany Spirit....Robert Murray Chamois Hunter & Abbot....Neal Davies Nemesis....Matthew Rose Ariman....Robert Winslade Anderson Robert Gleadow (bass) Edinburgh Festival Chorus Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, Op 20, in E flat, version for string orchestra Christoph Koenig (conductor). | ||
| Bbc National Orchestra Of Wales - Witches And Fairies | 20060919 | Presented by John Shea. Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave - Overture James Judd (conductor) Ravel: Ma mer l'oye, complete ballet Rumon Gamba (conductor) Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane - suite No 2 Walter Weller (conductor) Stravinsky: Petrushka David Atherton (conductor) R Strauss: Don Juan | |
| Bbc Philharmonicwitches And Fairies | 20060920 | Presented by John Shea. Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel - Prelude to Act 1 Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) R Strauss: Don Quixote Peter Dixon (cello) Prokofiev: Cinderella, extracts Shostakovich: Assault on the Red Hill Martin Roscoe (piano) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Wagner: Overture, The Flying Dutchman Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor). | |
| 20060921 | Featuring the BBC Philharmonic on the theme of Witches and Fairies, presented by John Shea. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music: Overture; Nocturne; Scherzo Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Bax: Sinfonietta Vernon Handley (conductor) Eric Fogg: The Seasons Leeds Festival Chorus Simon Wright (conductor) Bax: Eire - In the Faery Hills James MacMillan: The Confession of Isabel Gowdie James MacMillan (conductor). | ||
| 20060922 | Witches and Fairies Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, and presented by John Shea. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Mussorgsky, orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Stamantia Karampini (conductor) Debussy: Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune Stamatia Karampini (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (extracts) Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). | ||
| Bridge Cycle - 1 | 20060925 | The focus is on the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' acclaimed cycle of orchestral music by Frank Bridge, concentrating on the first three volumes. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Bridge: Mid of the Night Richard Hickox (conductor) Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Bridge: There is Willow grows aslant a Brook Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 23, in B flat m Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Bridge: Summer | |
| 20060926 | Featuring Members of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, live from Watford Colosseum, with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Beethoven: Piano Concerto 2, Op 19, in B flat Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Hartmann: Concerto Funebre Alina Ibragimova (violin) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 18, in Cm Eduard Kunz (piano). | ||
| Bridge Cycle - 2 | 20060927 | Bridge: Dance Poem Richard Hickox (conductor) Ravel: Piano concerto in G Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano) François-Xavier Roth (conductor) Bridge: Dance Rhapsody Milhaud: Le Création du Monde Bridge: Phantasm; Vignettes de danse | |
| Bridge Cycle - 3 | 20060928 | Bridge: Norse Legend Richard Hickox (conductor) Stanford: Songs of the Fleet Gerald Finley (baritone) National Chorus of Wales Bridge: Five Entr'actes from 'The Two Hunchbacks' Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Jennifer Pike (violin) James Judd (conductor) Bridge: The Sea Stanford: The Revenge - A Ballad of the Fleet Bridge: Coronation March | |
| 20060929 | Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jac van Steen, live from St David's Hall in Cardiff. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Includes further recordings from the orchestra's Bridge Cycle. Tristan Keuris: Arcade John Metcalf: In time of daffodils (World Premier, BBC Radio 3 commission) Nielsen: Symphony No 2. | ||
| Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestracello Concertos - 1 | 20061002 | This week's programmes each feature a major cello concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op 39 Yoav Talmi (conductor) Hubay: Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op 5 Hagai Shaham (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 68, in B flat Stefan Solyom (conductor) Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Op 104, in Bm Heinrich Schiff (cello) Ilan Volkov (conductor). | |
| Bbc Philharmonic - Cello Concertos | 20061003 | This week's programmes each feature a major cello concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op 129, in Am Enrico Dindo (cello) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 2, Op 61 in C Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op 64 in Em Olivier Charlier (violin) Paul Watkins (conductor) R Strauss: Tod und Verklarung, Op 24 Alexander Shelley (conductor). | |
| Bbc Symphony Orchestracello Concertos - 3 | 20061004 | This week's programmes each feature a major cello concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. Stravinsky: Dance Concertantes Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107, in E flat Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Stravinsky: Concerto in D (Basle Concerto) Dmitri Sitkovetsky (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Op 36, in Fm | |
| 20061005 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cello Concertos This week's programmes each feature a major cello concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. JS Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV 1041, in Am Lesley Hatfield (violin/director) Janacek: Adagio for orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op 54, in Am Martin Helmchen (piano) James Judd (conductor) Dvorak: Symphony No 8, Op 88, in G Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Gautier Capuçon (cello) | ||
| 20061006 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cello Concertos This week's programmes each feature a major cello concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) Prokofiev: Symphony-Concertante for cello and orchestra, Op 125, in Em Li-Wei (cello) Joseph Swensen (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 9, D944, in C | ||
| 20061026 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Showcasing the BBC Performing Groups, live from Glasgow City Halls. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Elgar: Serenade for string orchestra, Op 20, in Em Elizabeth Layton (director) Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1, Op 73, in Fm Michael Collins (clarinet/director) Britten: Variations of a theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op 10 | ||
| 20061027 | BBC Philharmonic Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Showcasing the BBC Performing Groups. British Symphony Series. Presented by Ian Skelly. Camden Reeves: 186000 miles per second Clark Rundell (conductor) Edward Gregson: Saxophone Concerto Nobuo Sugawa (saxophone) Arnold: The Fair Field - Overture Rumon Gamba (conductor) Adam Gorb: Awakening (2800) Premier performance, BBC Radio 3 Commission Arnold: Symphony No 9, Op 128 | ||
| 20061106 | Featuring performances from the Ulster Orchestra's 2006 summer season throughout the week. Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No 1 Liszt: Totentanz With Piers Lane (piano) Bartok: Dance Suite Christian Gansch (conductor) Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death Stravinksy: Firebird Suite Adrian Leaper (conductor). | ||
| 20061107 | Featuring performances from the Ulster Orchestra's 2006 summer season. Raitio: Dances Hakola: Clarinet Concerto Kari Kriikku (clarinet) Sibelius: Belsazar - Suite from incidental music Nielsen: Aladdin Suite Tuomas Ollila (conductor) Sibelius: Luonnotar Solveig Kringelborn (soprano) Janos Furst (conductor). | ||
| 20061108 | Featuring performances from the Ulster Orchestra's 2006 summer season. Honegger: Pastorale d'ete Milhaud: Suite Francaise Thierry Fischer (conductor) Arnold: Four Cornish Dances; Guitar Concerto Craig Ogden (guitar) Holst: The Perfect Fool - ballet music Bliss: Checkmate - concert suite Rumon Gamba (conductor). | ||
| 20061109 | Featuring performances from the Ulster Orchestra's 2006 summer season. J Strauss II: Roses from the South Christian Gansch (conductor) Stravinksy: Baisser de la Fee (Divertimento) Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Howard Shelley (piano) Glazunov: Suite from Raymonda Howard Shelley (conductor) Stravinksy: Jeu de cartes Adrian Leaper (conductor). | ||
| 20061110 | Featuring performances from the Ulster Orchestra's 2006 summer season. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1 Christian Gansch (conductor) Ravel: Ma mere l'oye (complete) Chabrier: Fete polonaise (Le roi malgre lui) Milhaud: La creation du monde Brian Irvine: Secret Cinema (BBC Radio 3 commission; first performance) Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor) Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit Celso Antures (conductor). | ||
| 20061124 | Showcasing the BBC Performing Groups Louise Fryer introduces the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Mark Stringer in a live concert from St David's Hall, Cardiff. Harris: Symphony No 3 Weill: Symphony No 2 Copland: Organ Symphony David Goode (organ). | ||
| 20061211 | Live from Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester. Sarah Walker presents the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Liszt: Mazeppa; Festklange Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3 (Polish). | ||
| 20061219 | Live from Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester, presented by John Shea. BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) A programme of music by Arnold Bax: The Happy Forest - tone poem Nympholept Prologue - Into the Twilight (from Eire) Red Autumn (orch. Graham Parlett) Northern Ballades Nos 1 - 3. | ||
| 20070101 | Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Matthias: Invocation and Dance Jac van Steen (conductor) Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain for piano and orchestra David Abell (conductor) Glazunov: Concerto in E flat for alto saxophone Alan Buribayev (saxophone) Martin Robertson (conductor) Elgar: Symphony No 1 Richard Hickox (conductor). | ||
| 20070102 | Featuring the BBC Philharmonic, presented by Sarah Walker. Maragopolus: Orient Express Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Berlioz: Harold in Italy Philip Dukes (viola) Rumon Gamba (conductor) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts from the three suites) | ||
| 20070103 | Featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Monteverdi: Beatus vir BBC Singers St James Baroque Stephen Layton (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Stefan Solyom Monteverdi: Magnificat Stephan Layton (conductor) Debussy: Images | ||
| 20070104 | Featuring BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Rameau: Suite (Les Indes Galantes) Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor) Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne (excerpts) Patricia Rosario (soprano) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 in Em Llyr Williams (piano) Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1 David Abell (conductor). | ||
| 20070105 | Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Mendelssohn: Overture, Nocturne and Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Respighi: The Pines of Rome Edward Downes (conductor) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C (Great) Shchedrin: Two Tangos by Albeniz Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). | ||
| 20070112 | Live from Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester, presented by Louise Fryer. Tippett: Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage) Walton: Cello Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No 1 BBC Philharmonic Robin Ticciati (conductor). | ||
| 20070119 | Live from BBC Maida Vale Studios, presented by Sandy Burnett. Berlioz: Le Corsaire (overture) Berlioz: Herminie (scene lyrique) Daphne Touchais (soprano) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) BBC Symphony Orchestra Lawrence Renes (conductor). | ||
| 20070125 | Live from Glasgow City Hall, presented by Martin Handley. Martin Roscoe (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Alexander Titov (conductor) R Strauss: Don Juan Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version). | ||
| 20070202 | Live from Studio 7 Concert Hall in Manchester, presented by John Shea. Christianne Stotijn (mezzo) Ronan Collett (baritone) BBC Philharmonic Andris Nelsons (conductor) Weber: Der Freischütz (overture) Schubert arr. Brahms: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus; Geheimes Wolf: Harfenspieler Lieder Fauré: Pavane Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer. | ||
| APERF | 20061117 | Showcasing the BBC Performing Groups Sandy Burnett introduces the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons, live from Studio 7 Concerto Hall in Manchester. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3 Philip Grange: Eclipsing Sibelius: Symphony No 2. |
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