Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090504 | Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 8 in D BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Haveron (director) 2.30pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 3.20pm Elgar: Froissart, Op 19 - concert overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales James Judd (conductor) 3.30pm Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Lesley Hatfield (director) 3.50pm Mendelssohn: Lobgesang (Symphony No 2), Op 52 Veronique Gens (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Robert Tear (tenor) BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). Penny Gore presents Mendelssohn's Symphonies No 8 and No 2, plus music by Brahms and Elgar | |
| 02 | 20090505 | Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 in C BBC National Orchestra of Wales James Judd (conductor) 2.15pm Brahms: Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (violin) Takuo Yuasa (conductor) 2.55pm Strauss: Don Juan Rumon Gamba (conductor) 3.15pm Mendelssohn: Te deum BBC Singers Adrian Bawtree (organ) Nicholas Kok (conductor) 3.45pm Joseph Holbrooke: The Birds of Rhiannon, Op 87 - poem for orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 4.00pm Alan Rawsthorne: Practical Cats Jeremy Nicholas (narrator) 4.25pm Mackenzie: Benedictus (Six pieces for violin and piano, Op 37), arr. for small orchestra 4.35pm Bantock: Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Penny Gore presents Mendelssohn's Symphony No 1 and Te deum, plus Brahms and Strauss. | |
| 03 | 20090506 | Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Featuring one of his choral blockbusters. Susan Gritton (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Barry Banks (tenor) Peter Coleman-Wright (bass) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Mendelssohn: St Paul. Penny Gore presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Mendelssohn's oratorio St Paul. | |
| 04 | Scipione, Acts 1 And 2-mendelssohn | 20090507 | Handel Operas 2009 As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Scipione, the story of a conquering Roman general who, instead of exercising his right to possess a beautiful captive - Berenice - ends up helping her to be happy with her lover. This highly moral tale was set to music in rather a hurry by Handel, yet is considered to be among his most impressive music. Handel: Scipione: Acts 1 and 2 Scipione - Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Berenice - Sandrine Piau (soprano) Lucejo, her lover - Doris Lamprecht (mezzo-soprano) Ernando, her father - Olivier Lallouette (baritone) Armira, another beautiful Spanish captive - Vanda Tabery (soprano) Lelio, Scipione's captain - Guy Fletcher (tenor) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (conductor) 4.00pm Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 6 in E flat BBC Symphony Orchestra John Storgards (conductor). Penny Gore with Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Scipione. Plus Mendelssohn Symphony No 6. |
| 05 | Scipione, Act 3-mendelssohn | 20090508 | Handel Operas 2009 As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents the conclusion of Scipione, the story of a conquering Roman general. Scipione: Act 3 Scipione - Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Berenice - Sandrine Piau (soprano) Lucejo, her lover - Doris Lamprecht (mezzo) Ernando, her father - Olivier Lallouette (baritone) Armira, another beautiful Spanish captive - Vanda Tabery (soprano) Lelio, Scipione's captain - Guy Fletcher (tenor) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (conductor) 3.00pm Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Dyson: Confortate; O Praise God in His Holiness BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Richard Hickox (conductor) 3.05pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Garrick Ohlsson (piano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.55pm Mendelssohn: Magnificat RIAS Chamber Choir Marcus Creed (director) 4.05pm Strauss: Four Last Songs Rebecca Evans (soprano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Scipione. Plus Mendelssohn: Magnificat. |