Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Brahms, Episode 1 | 20081215 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op 26 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Brahms: Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Ilan Volkov (conductor) Mahler, arr. Clytus: Gottwald: Ich bin der Welt BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) Mahler, orch. Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me Stefan Solyom (conductor) 3.05pm Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 Brahms: Three Intermezzi for piano, Op 117 Llyr Williams (piano) 3.55pm Brahms: Symphony No 1 Stefan Solyom (conductor). Presented by Penny Gore. With Brahms: Violin Concerto; Intermezzi, Op 117; Symphony No 1. |
| 02 | Brahms, Episode 2 | 20081216 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Brahms: Tragic Overture BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Liszt: Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage - 3eme annee, S163) Simon Trpceski (piano) Elgar: In the South Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Bainton: The Golden River - four tone pictures after Ruskin Paul Daniel (conductor) 3.00pm Arnold: A Sussex Overture Rumon Gamba (conductor) Smetana: Bybay (The Fisherboy); Hakon Jarl 3.30pm Dvorak: Slavonic Dances (No 1 in C, Op 46; No 2 in E minor, Op 72; No 8 in G minor, Op 46) Szymanowski: Myths for violin and piano, Op 30 Ilya Gringolts (violin) Ashley Wass (piano) 4.00pm Brahms: Symphony No 2 Gunther Herbig (conductor). With Penny Gore. Including Brahms: Tragic Overture; Symphony No 2. Elgar: In the South. |
| 03 | Brahms, Episode 3 | 20081217 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Dvorak: In Nature's Realm BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor) Schumann: Vier Doppelchorige Gesange, Op 141 BBC Singers Celso Antunes (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 4 3.00pm Brahms: Funf Gesange, Op 104 Beethoven: Violin Concerto Isabelle Faust (violin) Jac van Steen (conductor). Presented by Penny Gore. Including Brahms: Funf Gesange. Dvorak: In Nature's Realm. |
| 04 | Brahms, Episode 4 | 20081218 | With Penny Gore. 2.00pm Schumann: Manfred Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Reger: Acht Geistliche Gesange, Op 138 BBC Singers Celso Antunes (conductor) 2.30pm Mozart: Symphony No 41 David Robertson (conductor) Schnittke: Moz-Art a la Haydn Peter Danis (violin) Miroslav Danis (violin) Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble Kevin Field (conductor) 3.15pm Berg: Piano Sonata, Op 1 Llyr Williams (piano) Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden BBC Symphony Chorus Stephen Jackson (conductor) Berg (arr. Clytus Gottwald): Die Nachtigall Webern: Entflieht Schoenberg: Ei, du Lutte David Hill (conductor) Zemlinsky: Psalm 23 for chorus and orchestra, Op 14 4.05pm Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 24 in F sharp, Op 78 Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Brahms: Symphony No 3 Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Presented by Penny Gore. Including Brahms: Symphony No 3. Schumann: Manfred Overture. |
| 05 | Brahms, Episode 5 | 20081219 | Presented by Penny Gore. 2.00pm Weber: Overture (Oberon) Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Jennifer Pike (violin) David Angus (conductor) Chopin: Piano Sonata No 1 Alexander Slobodyanik (piano) 2.50pm Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 (Reformation) David Hill (conductor) Schumann: Marchenbilder, Op 113 Antoine Tamestit (viola) Markus Hadulla (piano) 3.35pm Dvorak: Czech Suite Brahms: Symphony No 4 Thierry Fischer (conductor). |