Episode 2

Penny Gore continues this week of performances by the BBC Philharmonic with recordings featuring an extraordinary range of young talent. Beethoven's Second Symphony under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado and Stravinsky's 1945 Firebird Suite with Dmitri Jurowski plus Julia Fischer as the soloist in Mendelssohn's virtuosic violin concerto and BBC Radio New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud performing a viola concerto by Mozart's contemporary Franz Anton Hoffmeister. There's also a chance to preview one of the pieces the BBC Philharmonic will be performing at this year's Proms; Schubert's fourth symphony subtitled the 'Tragic'.

2pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 2
BBC Philharmonic
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

2.30pm
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Julia Fischer, violin
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

3pm
Schubert: Symphony No 4
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

3.30pm
Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto
Lise Berthaud, viola
BBC Philharmonic
Dominic Wheeler, conductor

3.55pm
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945)
BBC Philharmonic
Dmitri Jurowski, conductor.