Episode 2

Ian Skelly presents music inspired by kings, queens and emperors, as well as some of the less well-known works by romantic Czech composer Bedrich Smetana in performances by the BBC Philharmonic.

14:12
SMETANA
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (extracts)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

14:16
BAX
George Cross
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

14:30
GERMAN
Hamlet
BBC Concert Orchestra,
John Wilson, conductor

14:51
BALAKIREV
King Lear - overture
BBC Phil, Sinaisky

15:05
SAINT-SAENS
Symphony no.3 “organ”
Adrian Partington, organ
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn, conductor

15:44
SMETANA
Overture: Libussa
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

15:55
HAYDN
Mass in C ‘Paukenmesse’
Claire Booth (soprano)
Karen Cargill (contralto)
Mark Wilde (tenor)
James Rutherford (bass)
BBC Singers
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
lan Volkov, conductor

16:37
BACH (orch. Klemperer)
Bist du bei mir?
Aria, BWV 508 from Clavierbüchlein, Book II for Anna Magdalena Bach
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

16:41
BACH (orch. Damrosch)
Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott
Chorale Prelude, BWV 720
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

16:46
SMETANA
Two Widows (exctracts)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor