Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20151130 | As part of our Southern Hemisphere season Verity Sharp presents a week of programmes featuring orchestras from Australasia and South America in repertoire from Mozart to MacMillan. Today it's the turn of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Plus in this week's opera matinee a rare chance to hear the 1833 supernatural-themed opera Hans Heiling by Heinrich Marschner. 2pm Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 Jakub Hrusa, conductor c.2.45pm Stenhammar: Excelsior!, op. 13, concert overture Thomas Søndergard, conductor c.3pm Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 63 James Ehnes, violin c.3.30pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64 Thomas Søndergard, conductor. With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms, Stenhammar, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. |
| 02 | 20151201 | Verity Sharp continues our Southern Hemisphere season featuring orchestras from Australia and Brazil. Today, Mahler's mighty Resurrection symphony performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Chief Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, and the perennially popular Elgar Cello Concerto from Truls Mørk and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Brahms arr Dvorကk: Hungarian Dances Jakub Hrusa, conductor c.2.15pm Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85 Truls Mørk, cello c.2.50pm Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Resurrection') Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano Erin Wall, soprano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus Sir Andrew Davis, conductor. Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Brahms and Elgar. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Mahler. |
| 03 | 20151202 | Verity Sharp puts the spotlight on the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and its associate conductor Benjamin Northey as part of our Southern Hemisphere season. With music by Debussy and two guitar concertos performed by Xuefei Yang Debussy: Pr退lude |
| 04 | 20151204 | Verity Sharp concludes a week of music performed by Southern Hemisphere ensembles, as part of our season here on Afternoon on 3, with the S o Paulo Symphony Orchestra under guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and principal conductor Marin Alsop. Copland: Suite from 'Appalachian Spring Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor c.2.30pm MacMillan: Britannia Marin Alsop, conductor c.2.45pm Bernstein: On the Waterfront, symphonic suite c.3pm MacMillan: Woman of the Apocalypse c.3.35pm Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68 The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra plays music by Copland, MacMillan, Bernstein and Brahms. |