Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090706 | Louise Fryer, in conversation with Simon Rowland Jones, presents a series featuring orchestras with international line-ups of players, plus another Haydn string quartet. Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K488 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Haydn: String quartet in C, Op 71, No 1 Endellion Quartet 2.50pm Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C for piano, violin, cello and orchestra, Op 56 Mayuko Kamio (violin) Han-Na Chang (cello) Jonathan Gilad (piano) UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op 71, No 2 Quatuor Ebene 3.45pm Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 Paavo Jarvi (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. | |
| 02 | 20090707 | Louise Fryer presents a series featuring orchestras with international line-ups of players, plus more Haydn String Quartets. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 71, No 3 Quatuor Ebene 3.00pm Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Berg: Wozzeck, Op 7 (three excerpts) Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra Manfred Honeck (conductor) Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) 4.10pm Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68 (Pastoral) Manfred Honeck (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Berg and Sibelius. | |
| 03 | 20090708 | Louise Fryer presents a series featuring orchestras with international line-ups of players, plus another Haydn string quartet. Respighi: The Birds Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor/harpsichord) Stravinsky: Suite - Pulcinella 2.45pm Haydn: String quartet in C, Op 74, No 1 Emerson Quartet Marco Lena: Capriccio World Youth Chamber Orchestra Damiano Giuranna (conductor) 3.30pm Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd (conductor). Louise Fryer presents Respighi's The Birds, plus music by Haydn and Tippett. | |
| 04 | Handel: Ezio (act 3) | 20090710 | Handel Operas 2009 Louise Fryer presents the conclusion of Handel's Ezio. Part of Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas. Ezio, Roman general - Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Fulvia, his lover - Karina Gauvin (soprano) Massimo, her father - Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor) Valentiniano, Emperor of Rome - Sonia Prina (contralto) Onoria, his sister - Marianne Andersen (contralto) Varo, Ezio's friend - Vito Priante (bass) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (director) Plus International Orchestras: 3.00pm Bartok: Music for strings, percussion and celesta Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op 74, No 3 (Rider) Jerusalem Quartet 4.00pm Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 in A, Op 141 Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Mikail Pletnev (conductor). Louise Fryer presents Act 3 of Handel's Ezio. Plus music from international orchestras. |