Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | BBC Concert Orchestra In Las Vegas | 20130213 | Katie Derham presents a concert given on Monday by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Reynolds Hall, Smith Centre, Las Vegas - part of their current American tour. The BBC CO's American Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart conducts Walton's Henry V Suite, Haydn's C major Cello Concerto with soloist Sophie Shao and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony. There's another concert from the BBC CO's American tour in Friday's Afternoon on 3. Walton, arr. Muir Mathieson: Henry V Suite 2.15pm Haydn: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in C Major Sophie Shao (cello) 2.40pm Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish Keith Lockhart (conductor). Katie Derham presents BBC Concert Orchestra on tour in the US: Walton, Haydn & Mendelssohn |
| 02 | BBC Concert Orchestra In California | 20130215 | Last night in California is pretty much this morning over here. Last night the BBC Concert Orchestra and their American Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart gave a concert of British music at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge near Los Angeles. This afternoon Katie Derham presents that concert in Afternoon on 3 - technology permitting! After the concert, Katie rounds off her week featuring British and French music with more from the BBC Singers' recording of French Renaissance polyphony by Dominique Phinot, plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra playing Debussy's Jeux and the UK premiere of Liza Lim's Flying Banner. Britten: Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes 2.15pm Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Sophie Shao (cello) 2.45pm Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Elgar: Enigma Variations Keith Lockhart, conductor 3.30pm Dominique Phinot: Sustinuimus pacem David Hill (conductor) 3.40pm Debussy: Jeux David Robertson (conductor) 4.15pm Liza Lim: Flying Banner (UK Premiere) Garry Walker (conductor). Keith Lockhart conduct the BBC CO in music by Britten, Elgar and Butterworth. |