Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20110207 | Penny Gore presents a week featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece with their Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek. Today he conducts them in music by Brahms, Smetana and Prokofiev at two beautiful halls in spa towns in central Germany: the Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen and the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden. Berlioz: King Lear Overture Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor 2.15pm Smetana: Vltava from Ma Vlast Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 2 Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano 3.15pm Brahms: Symphony no. 2 4.10pm Liszt: Legend No.1 - San Francesco d'Assisi Damian Iorio, conductor 4.20pm Grieg: Symphony in C minor Benjamin Wallfisch, conductor. BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Berlioz, Smetana, Prokofiev, Brahms, Liszt and Grieg. |
| 02 | 20110208 | Penny Gore presents a week featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece. Today John Storgards conducts them in music by Schumann, Sibelius and Beethoven in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen and Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek conducts Wagner at the stunning new Auditorio Miguel Delibes in Valladolid, central Spain. Schumann: Genoveva Overture John Storgards, conductor Sibelius: Violin Concerto Leonidas Kavakos, violin 2.45pm Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica 3.45pm Kodaly: Galanta Dances Jiri Belohlavek, conductor 4.05pm Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord 4.25pm Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder Dagmar Peckova, mezzo-soprano Jiri Belohlavek, conductor. BBC Symphony Orchestra in Schumann, Sibelius, Beethoven, Kodaly, Martinu and Wagner. |
| 03 | 20110209 | Penny Gore presents a week featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece with their Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek. Today he takes them to the Megaron in Athens with music by Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven - featuring local soloist Dmitris Sgouros. Plus music by Benjamin Britten marking the centenary of the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, north Germany. Wagner: Parsifal Prelude & Good Friday Music Jiri Belohlavek, conductor 2.20pm Strauss: Four Last Songs Karitta Mattila, soprano 2.45pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 Dmitris Sgouros, piano 3.30pm Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Jiri Belohlavek, conductor. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Wagner, Strauss, Beethoven and Britten. |
| 04 | 20110211 | Presented by Penny Gore Bellini: Overture to I Capuleti ed i Montecchi Alexander Shelley, conductor Britten: Les Illuminations John Mark Ainsley, tenor James Conlon, conductor 2.30pm Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes 2.45pm Debussy: La Mer 3.15pm Varese: Ameriques 3.35pm Liszt: Legend no. 2 - San Francesco di Paola Walking on the Waves Damian Iorio, conductor 4.00pm Elgar: Cello Concerto Andreas Brantelid, cello Arild Remmereit, conductor Rodrigo: Cuatro madrigals amatorios Elizabeth Watts, soprano Jakub Hrusa, conductor. BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Bellini, Britten, Debussy, Varese, Liszt and Elgar. |