Thursday - A symphony beyond words

Fiona Talkington with performances from around the world including Nielsen's third symphony - the Sinfonia Espansiva - which features vocalise for soprano and baritone performed by Elizabeth Watts and Benjamin Appl and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Geoffrey Paterson. Plus music from the International Baroque Music Days festival at Melk Abbey in Austria, and a concert inspired by birds.

Weber: Overture - Oberon
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri - Ad pectus
La Risonanza
Fabio Bonizzoni (director)

Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

Birtwistle: Endless Parade
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

3pm
Nielsen: Symphony no 3, Op 27 (Sinfonia espansiva)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson (conductor)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Benjamin Appl (baritone)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5
Tamas Kocsis (violin)
Ulster Orchestra
Sinead Hayes (conductor)

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck (conductor)