Friday - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ian Skelly presents performances given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. This afternoon's 2pm concert, recorded in Inverness, features orchestral masterpieces by 19th-century composers: Brahms's Haydn Variations, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Strauss's tone poem Aus Italien. Then, music by Bohemian composers: Dvorak's overture to his little-known opera Vanda opens this concert, which also includes Janacek's Suite for Strings, and Dvorak's folk-tale inspired The Wild Dove, reflecting Afternoon Concert's continuing exploration of the romantic tone poem. Plus Messiaen's L'Ascension, four meditations on the Ascension of Christ.

2pm
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Strauss: Aus Italien, Op.16
Kristof Barati (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christoph König (conductor)

c. 3.30pm
Dvorak: Vanda - overture
Janacek: Suite for Strings
Dvorak: The Wild Dove
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rory Macdonald (conductor)

c.4.30pm
Messiaen: L'Ascension
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Duncan Ward (conductor).