Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20091026 | Presented by Louise Fryer. A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus. Music from the last two centuries has always been at the heart of the BBC SO's programmes, and Maida Vale Studio 1 has hosted many world and UK premieres Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite Michael Dworzynski (conductor) Kilar: Orawa 2.30pm Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite Judith Bingham: Salt in the Blood Fine Arts Brass Stephen Jackson (conductor) 3.30pm Piazzolla: Concerto for bandoneon and orchestra (Anconcagua) Per-Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon) Enrique Diemecke (conductor) Ryan Wigglesworth: Sternenfall Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) 4.15pm Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6 Martyn Brabbins (conductor). With Khachaturian, Kilar, Tchaikovsky, Bingham, Piazzolla, Wigglesworth, Vaughan Williams. |
| 02 | 20091027 | Presented by Louise Fryer. A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Twentieth-century music sits comfortably alongside well-known classical repertoire. Danielpour: Celestial night Andrew Litton (conductor) Palestrina: Stabat mater Peter Phillips (conductor) 3.00pm Britten: Double Concerto Boris Brovtsyn (violin) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Arild Remmereit (conductor) Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben (Two Motets, Op 74) 3.50pm Elgar, compl Payne: Symphony No 3 Andrew Davis (conductor). Louise Fryer with music by Danielpour, Palestrina, Britten, Brahms and Elgar. |
| 03 | 20091028 | Presented by Louise Fryer. Celebrating 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Music of the 20th century has always been at the heart of the BBC SO's programmes, and they feature in a studio concert of both familiar and unfamiliar music by Czech-born composers. Kabelac: Mystery of time Thomas Hanus (conductor) Korngold: Concerto in D for violin and orchestra Eugene Ugorski (violin) 3.05pm Ullmann: Don Quixote tanzt fandango Vorisek: Symphony in D Thomas Hanus (conductor). Louise Fryer presents music by Kabelac, Korngold, Ullmann and Vorisek. |
| 04 | 20091030 | Presented by Louise Fryer. A celebration of 75 years of radio broadcasting from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios. Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert broadcast from Studio 1 - the orchestra's home since 1934. From Maida Vale Studio 1: Olivier Charlier (violin) Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Dalbavie: Rocks under the water Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra Plus more music recorded in the Maida Vale Studios by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra. 3.35pm Judith Weir: Moon and Star Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Shchedrin: Concerto parlando Philippe Graffin (violin) Martin Hurrell (trumpet) Mikhail Agrest (conductor) 4.15pm Brahms: Symphony No 4 Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Louise Fryer with music by Dalbavie, Prokofiev, Lutoslawski, Weir, Shchedrin and Brahms. |