Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20160229 | ||
| 01 | 20160229 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Enescu, Purcell, Steffani, Strauss and Dvorak. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 01 | 20170206 |
Katie Derham presents a week of concerts from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Today, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Beethoven's 2nd Symphony, Bartok's First Violin Concerto, with Frank Peter Zimmermann as soloist, and Mendelssohn's 4th Symphony, the 'Italian'. Then David Robertson takes to the rostrum to conduct the ensemble, joined by Synergy Vocals, in the world premiere of Moritz Eggert's Muzak and also Reich's The Desert Music. 2pm: 2.25pm: 2.45pm: 3.20pm: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Beethoven, Bartok, Mendelssohn and Reich. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 01 | 20180611 | Kate Molleson launches a week of concerts by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Jean-Féry Rebel and Leonard Bernstein. And Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his own Violin Concerto. Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, op. 132 (version for string orchestra arr. by Franz Welser-Möst) c. 3.30 pm c. 4.00 pm c. 4.30 pm Coming up later in the week: Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 02 | 20160301 | ||
| 02 | 20160301 | Katie Derham with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vivaldi, Bach and Dvorak. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 02 | 20170207 |
Katie Derham presents, as part of a week of concerts from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. With Marlis Petersen, Andrew Staples and Florian Boesch as soloists. Also this afternoon, Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons conducts the orchestra in Sommer's Antigone, an overture to the tragedy of Sophocles. 2pm: 3.10pm Marlis Petersen, soprano 4.10pm Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Simon Rattle in Haydn's The Seasons. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 02 | 20180612 | Kate Molleson presents performances by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi's Requiem. Robin Ticciati conducts Cesar Franck and Ravel. And Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Schumann's Second Symphony. Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem c. 3.30 pm c. 4.00 pm c. 4.40 pm Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Verdi's Requiem. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 03 | 20160302 | ||
| 03 | 20160302 | Katie Derham presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in C Rouse, Mozart and Nielsen Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 03 | 20170208 |
Katie Derham presents, as part of a week of concerts from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brahms's Tragic Overture and Reger's Requiem after Hebbel, with baritone Michael Volle. Also today, the Bavarian Radio Chorus directed by Howard Arman in Gabriel Jackson's The Armed Man and Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth) by Schoenberg. The afternoon ends with the BRSO performing Ligeti's Violin Concerto with soloist Ilya Gringolts, conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens. 2.pm: 2.15pm 2.30pm 2.40pm 2.50pm The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Brahms, Reger, Jackson, Schoenberg and Ligeti. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 03 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | 20180613 | Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons in music by Richard Strauss, including the epic tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra and the merry pranks of Till Eulenspiegel. Richard Strauss: Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by Richard Strauss. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |
| 04 | 20160304 | ||
| 04 | 20160304 | Performances of Liszt, Telemann, Reinhard Keiser, Buxtehude, Schubert and Cherubini. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 04 | 20170210 |
Closing a week of concerts from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katie Derham introduces an afternoon with Brahms's Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), with the ensemble, conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens, joined by the Bavarian Radio Chorus. It's followed by another concert with the orchestra conducted this time by Emilio Pomarico performing the world premiere of the Accordion Concerto by Georges Aperghis, as well as Stefan Wolpe's First Symphony. Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons has the last word, conducting Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier, and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. 2pm: 2.15pm: 2.45pm: 3.15pm: 3.50pm: The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Brahms, Aperghis, Wolpe, Mahler and Rachmaninov. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras | |
| 04 | 20180615 | Kate Molleson presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and Schumann's Third Symphony, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and Mariss Jansons conducts Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony. And the Bavarian Radio Chorus performs The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by Bo Holten which sets poems by William Blake including the Sick Rose and the Tyger. Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 97 ('Rhenish') c. 3.40 pm c. 4.05 pm Kate Molleson with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and music by Mahler and Schumann. Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras |