Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090302 | Ian Skelly presents music featuring the BBC Philharmonic and highlights from the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009. Mozart: Overture (The Magic Flute) Wolf-Ferrari: Suite (The Jewels of the Madonna) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mozart: Bella mia fiamma, K528 Sally Matthews (soprano) 2.30pm Liszt: Prometheus Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm!, BWV229 Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor) 2.50pm Alec Roth: Shared Ground/Ponticelli (words by Vikram Seth) Philippe Honore (violin) 3.35pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Walter Weller (conductor) 4.30pm RNCM Festival of Brass Highlights from the 2009 festival. Peter Graham: The Great Race (In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen) David Thornton (euphonium) Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor) Philip Wilby: Paganini Variations Foden's Band Garry Cutt (conductor) Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic in music by Mozart, Wolf-Ferrari and Liszt. | |
| 02 | 20090303 | Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic performing pieces by Mozart and Wolf-Ferrari, plus a sequence of music with Hungarian associations. And there is music from the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009. Wolf-Ferrari: Overture (Susanna's Secret) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mozart: Alma grande e nobil core, K578 Alwyn Mellor (soprano) Simon Wright (conductor) Liszt: Mazeppa 2.20pm Rozsa: Hungarian Serenade, Op 25 (revised from Serenade for small orchestra, Op 10) Rumon Gamba (conductor) 2.45pm Haydn: Symphony No 67 in F Nicholas Kraemer (conductor) 3.05pm Hummel: Missa Solemnis in C Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Mark Wilde (tenor) James Rutherford (baritone) Leeds Festival Chorus 3.45pm Wolf-Ferrari: Suite-concertino for bassoon, two horns and strings Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) 4.15pm RNCM Festival of Brass 2009 Gilbert Vinter: Spectrum Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor) Peter Meechan: Apophenia for trumpet and band (world premiere) Rex Richardson (trumpet) Foden's Band Garry Cutt (conductor) Bruce Broughton: Masters of Space and Time Bramwell Tovey (conductor). Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic in Mozart, Wolf-Ferrari, Mozart, Liszt and Rozsa. | |
| 03 | 20090304 | Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic performing Mozart, Beethoven and Wolf-Ferrari, plus the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the darkness-to-light journey that is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5. Mozart: Overture (La clemenza di Tito) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Beethoven: Violin Concerto Alina Ibragimova (violin) 2.45pm Mozart: Voi avete un cor fidele, K217 Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Wolf-Ferrari: Overture (La dama boba) 3.00pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 Christoph Konig (conductor). BBC Philharmonic in Mozart, Beethoven, Wolf-Ferrari; BBC SSO in Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 | |
| 04 | Acis And Galatea-mainly Mancunian | 20090305 | Handel Operas 2009 Ian Skelly introduces the first English-language work by Handel, and talks to the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. They debate whether it is actually an opera. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle. Handel: Acis and Galatea Galatea - Susan Hamilton (soprano) Acis - Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Damon - Thomas Hobbs (tenor) Coridon - Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor) Polyphemus - Matthew Brook (bass) Dunedin Consort and Players John Butt (conductor) Plus Mainly Mancunian: Continuing a focus on the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Northern College of Music's brass band festival. 3.45pm Hindemith: Trauermusik Maxim Rysanov (viola) Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Liszt: Hamlet Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 4.05pm Mozart: Misera, dove son, K369; March in D (Idomeneo - Act 1); Fra cento affanni, K88 Simona Houda-Saturova (soprano) Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzo (Susanna's secret) 4.30pm RNCM Festival of Brass Edward Gregson: Rococo Variations Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor). Ian Skelly presents Handel's Acis and Galatea. Plus music from the RCNM brass festival. |
| 05 | 20090306 | Ian Skelly presents music performed by the BBC Philharmonic and highlights from the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass 2009. The Philharmonic play Mozart and Wolf-Ferrari, plus Tchaikovsky's harrowing final symphony. Mark Padmore sings Finzi and Alec Roth - with words by Vikram Seth - at the 2008 Lichfield Festival. Wolf-Ferrari: Prelude (I Quattro Rusteghi) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mozart: Vado, ma dove, K583 Sally Matthews (soprano) Purcell: Chacony Britten Sinfonia Alec Roth (conductor) 2.15pm Finzi: Dies Natalis Mark Padmore (tenor) 2.40pm Alec Roth: The Traveller (words by Vikram Seth) Philippe Honore (violin) Lichfield Festival Chorus 3.35pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 (Pathetique) 4.30pm RNCM Festival of Brass 2009: Philip Wilby: Psalms and Alleluias (world premiere) Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor) Bramwell Tovey: Nine Daies Wonder for violin and brass band (UK premiere) Mark Fewer (violin) Foden's Band Bramwell Tovey (conductor). Ian Skelly presents the BBC Philharmonic in Mozart, Wolf-Ferrari and Tchaikovsky. |