Thursday - Richard Flury (2/2)

Paul Mann conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Richard Flury's Fourth Symphony.

Presented by Penny Gore

Late-romantic Swiss composer Richard Flury's epic fourth symphony receives here its broadcast premiere, and there's a chance to hear the fifth symphony by American composer William Schuman with its beautiful, elegiac slow movement. There's also Handel from soprano Sophie Junker, who also introduces a recording which has especial meaning for her

2.00pm
Judith Bingham
Cloath’d in Holy Robes
BBC Singers
Owain Park, conductor

Handel
Nasconde l’usignol’ in alti rami il nido, from Deidamia
Sophie Junker, soprano
Concert de l'Hostel-Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord & conductor

William Schuman
Symphony no.5 “Symphony for strings”
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Grant Llewellyn, conductor

Schumann
Toccata
Francesco Piemontesi, piano

Butterworth
Rhapsody: A Shropshire Lad
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

3.00pm
Richard Flury
Symphony no.4 "Liechtensteinische"
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor

Handel
My father! Ah!, from Hercules
Duration of work: 06:08 min.
Sophie Junker, soprano
Concert de l'Hostel-Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord & conductor

Sophie Junker introduces her Artist's Choice

Bloch
Suite for viola and orchestra
Timothy Ridout, viola
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor