07/03/2008

Presented by Louise Fryer.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Mendelssohn and Gade

To conclude the series of recitals recorded at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, the strings of New Generation Artists the Aronowitz Ensemble play octets by Mendelssohn and his Danish contemporary Niels Gade.

Aronowitz Ensemble

Gade: Octet for strings, Op 17
Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat, Op 20

2.00pm British Symphony Series: Havergal Brian

Including BBC recordings of Havergal Brian among others as part of an ongoing series on the British symphony.

Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur for electric violin and orchestra
Tracy Silverman (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
Viviane Hagner (violin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Brian: Symphony No 3 in C sharp minor
Andrew Ball, Julian Jacobson (pianos)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Friend (conductor).