Episode 1

BBC Concert Orchestra

Penny Gore presents a week of performances focusing on the BBC Concert Orchestra, one of the nations's most versatile orchestras with repertoire ranging from classical to jazz, via film and pop. The highlight will be a concert performed live at the Watford Colosseum on Wednesday with conductor Keith Lockhart. Other musical threads throughout the week include concertos by Mozart and works by Dvorak, all performed by BBC orchestras across the UK.

Copland: Music for Movies
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart (conductor)

Karlowicz: Bianca da Molena - prologue
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Danjulo Ishizaka - cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Bach: Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Danjulo Ishizaka (solo cello)

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
Sabine Meyer - clarinet
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek - conductor

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Werner Gura (tenor)
Martin Owen (horn)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek - conductor.