Old King Cole

Elizabeth Alker celebrates the New Year with an afternoon of exclusive music-making. In today's programme, we hear many musical favourites. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra take us on a night journey across the frozen North courtesy of Sibelius, Heuberger's Overture to 'Ball at the Opera' is played by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, we have ceremonial music by Janacek from Brno with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra offer an opportunity to hear Vaughan-Williams' rarely performed ballet inspired by the story of Old King Cole. There is also music from great composers associated with Vienna and exclusive recordings from Radio 3's New Generation Artists including the Chaos Quartet performing Schubert and soprano Johanna Wallroth with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra singing much loved orchestral songs by Richard Strauss.

Jean Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Franz Schubert
Quartet in Eb D. 87
Chaos Quartet

Richard Heuberger
Overture to 'Ball at the Opera'
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Henrik Schaefer (conductor)

Richard Strauss
Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden
Morgen
Säusle, liebe Myrte
Wiegenlied
Als mir dein Lied erklang
Johanna Wallroth (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stephanie Childress (conductor)

Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Old King Cole
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Manze (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (cantata)
Miriam Feuersinger (soprano)
Capricornus Consort, Basel
Péter Barczi (violin and artistic leader)

Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta, Op. 60
BBC Concert Orchestra
Music of the Castle Guard and the Police of the Czech Republic
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

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