Friday - The Scottish Symphony

Fiona Talkington rounds of a week exploring the symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn with a new recording of Symphony No 3, 'Scottish', Roderick Cox conducting the BBC Philharmonic. Augustin Hadelich is the soloist in Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, who also perform Mendelssohn's The Hebrides overture, and there are madrigals by Gesualdo with Collegium Vocale Ghent;

Our living composer series this week, performed by BBC ensembles, features the music of Anna Clyne with the BBC Philharmonic.

Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas (overture) Op 95
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Kapsberger: Toccata Cromatica III & IV
Gesualdo: Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto
Thomas C. Boysen, lute
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

c.3pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’
BBC Philharmonic
Roderick Cox, conductor

Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor

Kapsberger: Toccata I
Gesualdo: Selection from Madrigali a 5 voci, libro Quinto
Thomas C. Boysen, lute
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, op. 26, overture in B minor ('Fingal's Cave')
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor