Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090608 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, including Dvorak's New World Symphony. Guest Peter Cropper discusses and introduces more Haydn string quartets. Vaughan Williams: Songs of travel Christopher Maltman (baritone) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 2.30pm Haydn: String Quartet in B minor, Op 33, No 1 Quatuor Ebene Elliott Carter: Holiday Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra David Robertson (conductor) 3.00pm Haydn: String Quartet in E flat, Op 33, No 2 (The Joke) Navarra Quartet Deirdre Gribbin: Empire States Ulster Orchestra Celso Atunes (conductor) 3.30pm Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) 4.35pm George Gershwin: An American in Paris Juanjo Mena (conductor). Penny Gore with music inspired by travel, including Dvorak's New World Symphony. | |
| 02 | 20090609 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, as well as another Haydn string quartet. Elgar: Overture (In the South - Alassio) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Ibert: Escales BBC Symphony Orchestra Pascal Rophe (conductor) 3.30pm Edgar Bainton: The Golden River - A suite for orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 33, No 3 (The Bird) Jerusalem Quartet 4.05pm Strauss: An Alpine Symphony Gunther Herbig (conductor). Penny Gore with music inspired by foreign travel from Elgar, Ibert, Bainton and Strauss. | |
| 03 | 20090610 | Presented by Penny Gore. Music inspired by foreign travel, including two of Mendelssohn's most well-known works - his Hebrides overture and Scottish Symphony, as well as a Haydn string quartet. Montague Phillips: A Hillside Melody BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland (conductor) Mendelssohn: Overture (The Hebrides - Fingal's Cave) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Montague Phillips: Empire March 3.00pm Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 33, No 4 Lindsay Quartet Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) Penny Gore with music inspired by foreign travel, from Montague Phillips and Mendelssohn. | |
| 04 | Handel: Tolomeo, Act 3 | 20090612 | Handel Opera Cycle Continuing Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deception and disguise. Handel: Tolomeo (Act 3) Tolomeo, banished ruler of Egypt - Axel Kohler (countertenor) Seleuce, wife of Tolomeo - Linda Perillo (soprano) Araspe, King of Cyprus - Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass) Elisa, sister of Araspe - Romelia Lichtenstein (mezzo-soprano) Alessandro, younger brother of Tolomeo - Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano) Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle Howard Arman (conductor) 3.20pm A Trip Away: Music inspired by foreign travel, including Smetana's depiction of the river Vltava in his Czech homeland. Plus another quartet from Haydn's revolutionary Op 33 set. Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Rossen Gergov (conductor) Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 33, No 6 Navarra Quartet Liszt: Orpheus - symphonic poem, Op 98 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 4.15pm Strauss: Don Quixote Garry Walker (conductor). Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Tolomeo. Plus Smetana, Haydn and Strauss. |