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Louise Fryer with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Sibelius: The Bard. Casella: Le couvent sur l'eau. Matthews: Symphony No 7. Foulds: Keltic Suite. Plus Shostakovich and Nielsen.

The BBC Philharmonic in an afternoon which includes John Foulds's Keltic Suite of 1914, with its once-popular middle movement 'Lament,' and Nielsen's final symphony. There's also the chance to hear a performance of a the symphony that David Matthews wrote to a BBC commission for the BBC Philharmonic's 2010-11 Mahler Festival.
With Louise Fryer

Sibelius: The Bard
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

Casella: Le couvent sur l'eau, symphonic fragments
Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

c 2.30pm
David Matthews: Symphony No 7
BBC Philharmonic, HK Gruber (conductor)

c. 2.55pm
Foulds: Keltic Suite
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

c. 3.10pm
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1
Guy Braunstein (violin),
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

c. 3.50pm
Nielsen: Symphony No 6 "Sinfonia semplice"
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Nov 201314:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Bard

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • John Foulds

    Keltic Suite

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Alfredo Casella

    Le couvent sur l'eau

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • David Matthews

    Symphony No. 7

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 6

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No 1

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    9 Variations on 'Quant' e piu bello' by Paisiello for piano (WoO.69) ...

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Beethoven: Piano Variations: Olli Mustonen.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Nov 201314:00