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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra live from Glasgow

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Episode 4 of 5

Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC SSO in music by Mendelssohn, Mahler, Britten and Rossini. Plus a recording of a work by Rebecca Saunders.

Penny Gore continues the BBC Orchestras live week. Today's programme features the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, live from City Halls in Glasgow with a programme of Mendelssohn, Mahler, Britten and Rossini conducted by Alpesh Chauhan. Then it's back to the studio for more music from the SSO, including Rebecca Saunders' Violin Concerto.

2pm - LIVE from Glasgow City Halls
Presented by Jamie MacDougall
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas - Overture, Op.95
Mahler: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me, (2nd mvt of Symphony No.3 arr. Britten for small orchestra)
Britten: Lachrymae (Reflections on a Song of Dowland), Op.48a
c.3pm
Rossini: L' Italiana in Algeri - Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op.90 (Italian)
Lise Berthaud (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

c.3.35pm back to the studio with Penny Gore
Saunders: Violin Concerto
Carolin Widmann (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 15 Dec 201614:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish SO.

  • Gustav Mahler

    What The Wild Flowers Tell Me

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish SO.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Lachrymae

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Lise Berthaud. Orchestra: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • John Dowland

    If My Complaints Could Passion Move

    Orchestra: The Consort of Musicke.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder Ohne Worte Nos 1-5 Book 5 Op 62

    Performer: Howard Shelly (piano).

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Italian Girl in Algiers

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish SO.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 'Italian'

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish SO.

  • Rebecca Saunders

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

    Performer: Carolin Widmann. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Jean‐Michel Damase

    Symphonie (1952)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton Epoch.

Credit

PerformerBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Dec 201614:00
    BBC Radio 3