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The BBC SSO in Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 (soloist: Nicola Benedetti). Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4. Plus the BBC Philharmonic in Beethoven: Symphony No 4.

This week celebrates the BBC Performing Groups with some of their highlight concerts and recordings from over the last year. Today's programme includes the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on tour in Mumbai with Nicola Benedetti as soloist in Mozart's Violin Concerto no.5. The orchestra followed this with Tchaikovsky's fate-ridden Symphony no.4. Then pianist Barry Douglas and the Ulster Orchestra take centre stage with Strauss' Burleske, recorded as part of the 2014 Strauss 150 celebrations. Finally the BBC Philharmonic end the afternoon with a performance of Beethoven's Symphony no.4, conducted by Juanjo Mena at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

Presented by Penny Gore.

c.2.10pm
Mozart Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K.219 for violin and orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 in F minor Op.36
Nicola Benedetti (Violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
James MacMillan (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Strauss Burleske in D minor
Barry Douglas (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Michael Seal (conductor)

c.3.50pm
Beethoven Symphony no. 4 in B flat major Op.60
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 29 Dec 201414:10
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Caro!.. Bella! (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Singer: Sonia Prina. Orchestra: Le Concert d’Astrée. Director: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • G. F. Handel: Cleopatra: Arias from Giulio Cesare: Natalie Dessay/Emmanuelle Hai.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, K.219

    Conductor: MacMillan, James. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 4 in F minor Op.36

    Conductor: MacMillan, James. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.4 in B flat major, Op.60

    Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Richard Strauss

    Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra

    Performer: Barry Douglas. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.

Credits

PerformerBBC Philharmonic Orchestra
PerformerBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Dec 201414:10
    BBC Radio 3