BBC SSO - Storytelling

Presented by Catherine Bott.

In a concert given at City Halls, Glasgow, as part of a series inspired by the art of storytelling, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlo Rizzi perform Ravel's intricate and delicately scored ballet Mother Goose. Young American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns to Scotland with Barber's Violin Concerto, which combines a slow movement with a moto perpetuo ending.

The concert ends with Symphony in D minor by Cesar Franck, which was premiered at the Paris Conservatoire. It is the Belgian composer's only symphony and although it was initially received with hostility, it soon became very popular.

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Ravel: Suite: Ma mere l'oye
Barber: Violin Concerto
Franck: Symphony in D minor.

Plus we focus this week on recent studio recordings from the BBC Singers.

Jolivet: Epithalame
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

Manchicourt: Regina caeli
BBC Singers
Peter Phillips (conductor)

Bingham: Bach’s Tomb
BBC Singers
Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Tavener: God is with us
BBC Singers
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (orgn)
Simon Joly (conductor)

Maconchy: The Ribbon in her Hair
BBC Singers (male voices)
Richard Pearce (piano)
Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)