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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (1/4)

Fiona Talkington presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing music by Grace Williams, Britten and the late Anthony Payne's completion of Elgar's Third Symphony.

This week's Afternoon concerts focus on the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with a wide range of concerts and studio recordings. Today's programme has a British flavour with Grace Williams's Sea Sketches, Britten's evocative Serenade and the late Anthony Payne's completion of Elgar's Third Symphony.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

2pm
Bartok: Hungarian sketches Sz.97 for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

Haydn Symphony No 8, H.1.8 ‘Le Soir’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

c.2.35pm
Grace Williams Sea Sketches
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Holly Mathieson (conductor)

c.2.55pm
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn)
Elgar comp.Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 21 Jun 202114:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Béla Bartók

    Hungarian sketches Sz.97

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 8 in G major H.1.8 (Le Soir)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea sketches for string orchestra

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade Op.31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra

    Performer: Christopher Parkes. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no. 3 in C minor, compl. Anthony Payne [from Elgar's sketches]

    Music Arranger: Anthony Payne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Jun 202114:00
    BBC Radio 3