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Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony

A battle with fate in Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, plus Britten's Sea Interludes, both new recordings by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Ian Skelly curates the best classical music for the afternoon, with new recordings from the BBC performing groups and concert performances from around Europe. Today's programme includes Tchaikovsky's battle with fate in his Fourth Symphony, along with Britten's Sea Interludes, both performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The BBC Singers perform Elgar, and a performance of Ligeti's Concerto Românesc from the Ulster Orchestra.

Including:

Glinka: Ruslan i Lyudmila – Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from 'Années de pèlerinage S.161'
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No 1 in B flat
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

c.3pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Marta Gardolińska (conductor)

Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands
BBC Singers
Iain Farrington (piano)
Daniel Hyde (conductor)

Ligeti: Concerto Românesc
Ulster Orchestra
Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)

J.S. Bach (orch. Skrowaczewski): Toccata and fugue (BWV.565) [orig. for organ]
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 14 Sep 202314:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Samuel Barber

    To be Sung on the Water

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea interludes (from 'Peter Grimes'), Op 33

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from 'Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie, S. 161'

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Sonata a quattro No.3 in C

    Ensemble: I Musici.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.

  • William Alwyn

    Concerto Grosso No 1 in B flat

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Marta Gardolińska.

  • Edward Elgar

    From the Bavarian Highlands

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.

  • Roberto Sierra

    Piano Sonata No 2: 1st movt - Moderato

    Performer: Alfredo Ovalles.
    • Roberto Sierra: Piano Works By Alfredo Ovalles.
    • IBS Classical.
    • 13.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia in B flat major, HWV.339

    Ensemble: The Brook Street Band.
    • AVIE.

  • György Ligeti

    Concerto Românesc

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 orch Skrowaczewski

    Performer: Stephen Bryant. Orchestrator: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach: The Conductors' Transcriptions: BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 1-2.

  • Arnold Bax

    Sonata in E major for two pianos (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Seta Tanyel. Performer: Jeremy Brown.
    • Bax: Piano Duos Jeremy Brown/Seta Tanyel.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Sep 202314:00
    BBC Radio 3