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Brahms's Second Symphony

The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra plays Brahms's optimistic Second Symphony, plus Mozart in Salzburg and new recordings of music by John Pickard from the BBC Singers.

Presented by Fiona Talkington, with great performances of classical music for your afternoon from the BBC ensembles and concert halls around Europe.

Today, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is conducted by David Niemann in Brahms' optimistic 2nd Symphony, and Ivor Bolton conducts Mozart in Salzburg. There's more from Fazil Say's piano recital at the Montepellier Festival, including an arrangement of the Chaconne from Bach's second violin partita. Plus new recordings of music by John Pickard from the BBC Singers conducted by Martyn Brabbins, Ina Boyle from the Ulster Orchestra and Radio 3 New Generation Artist cellist Santiago Cañón Valencia, and Elizabeth Atherton sings Dutilleux with the BBC Philharmonic.

Including:

Shostakovich: Maxim Suite: Waltz
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

John Pickard: O magnum mysterium (world premiere recording)
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Toivo Kuula: Prelude and fugue Op.10 for orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Mozart/Fazil Say: Alla Turca Jazz
Paganini/Fazil Say: Paganini Jazz
Fazil Say, piano

Ina Boyle: Elegy
Santiago Cañón Valencia, cello
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen, conductor

Mozart: Symphony No 15 in G, K. 124
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
Ivor Bolton, conductor

John Pickard: Ave Maris Stella
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

3pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73
44’20 + appl.
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
David Niemann, conductor

c.3.55pm
Dutilleux: Le temps, l'horloge
Elizabeth Atherton, soprano
BBC Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot, conductor

J.S. Bach: Chaconne, from 'Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004'
Fazil Say, piano

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 17 Oct 202314:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Maxim Suite: Waltz

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich Volume 1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • John Pickard

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Toivo Kuula

    Prelude and Fugue Op.10

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Dutton.

  • Fazil Say

    Alla Turca Jazz

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performer: Fazil Say.

  • Fazil Say

    Paganini Jazz

    Composer: Niccolò Paganini. Performer: Fazil Say.

  • Ina Boyle

    Elegy

    Performer: Santiago Cañón-Valencia. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 15 in G, K. 124

    Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.

  • John Pickard

    Ave Maris Stella

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: David Niemann.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 4 BWV.4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Cantatas Vol 22: Eisenach.
    • SDG.
    • 001.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Begräbnisgesang, Op 13

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Sir Oluf, he rides: Prelude

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John Storgårds.

  • Henri Dutilleux

    Le temps, l'horloge

    Performer: Elizabeth Atherton. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ludovic Morlot.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chaconne, from 'Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004'

    Performer: Fazil Say. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Blythe Teh Engstroem. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Ecce quomodo moritur (Tenebrae responses for Holy Saturday)

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories, Victoria: Lamentations: Tenebrae, Nigel Short.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 6.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture to 'Candide'

    Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jānis Liepiņš.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Oct 202314:00
    BBC Radio 3