Episode 4

Penny Gore rounds off her week of programmes focusing on recent performances by the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Today both orchestras share equal billing. The BBC Philharmonic and conductor Nicholas Kraemer perform Haydn's Symphony no. 97, one of the composer's 'London' symphonies and a work full of march-like rhythms and fanfare motifs; and Berg's 7 Early Songs with mezzo Jennifer Johnston and conductor Philippe Bach.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Douglas Boyd are joined by Anthony Marwood for two works by Schumann for violin and orchestra - including Schumann's own violin version of his cello concert - before Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles takes the reins for Mahler's 4th Symphony.

Haydn: Symphony no. 97 in C major
BBC Philharmonic,
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor).

2.25pm
Schumann: Fantasy in C major
Anthony Marwood (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Douglas Boyd (conductor).

2.40pm
Berg: 7 Early Songs
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo),
BBC Philharmonic,
Philippe Bach (conductor).

3pm
Schumann: Concerto in A minor, (Op.129), arr. composer for violin & orchestra (from the cello concerto)
Anthony Marwood (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Douglas Boyd (conductor).

3.20pm
Mahler: Symphony no. 4
Ji Young Yang (soprano),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).