Episode 2

3 December 1935 saw the debut of a new orchestra in Glasgow: the BBC Scottish Orchestra. This week, as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, they celebrate their 75th birthday. Katie Derham celebrates in Afternoon on 3 with a selection of exciting new recordings and and archive highlights from the orchestra's history.

The week features recordings with most of the orchestra's Principal Conductors - from their founder Ian Whyte to Donald Runnicles, who's been in the post just over a year - and some of their most famous Assistant Conductors, including Simon Rattle! There's also Scottish music every day, and we visit all five cities where the orchestra perform regularly - Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth - as well as Munich and Vienna on their recent acclaimed tour of central Europe.

Today Katie is joined live in the studio by the former Director of the BBC SSO, Hugh Macdonald, for a wide-ranging programme starting and ending with Dvorak and featuring performances from London to Inverness.

Dvorak: The Noonday Witch
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor

2.15pm
Britten: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

2.45pm
Sibelius: Symphony No.2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

3.30pm
Stockhausen: Gruppen (extract)
BBC Scottish Orchestra and Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson, Norman Del Mar and John Carewe, conductors

James Dillon: La navette
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

4.15pm
Dvorak: Symphony No.8 in G major
BBC Scottish Symphony Ochestra
Garry Walker, conductor.