18 December 2007
Tuesday 18 December 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
Beethoven Plus
A run of concerts recorded at LSO, St Luke's, featuring a complete series of Beethoven's string quartets coupled with masterpieces of the genre by Haydn and Bartok.
1/8. Celebrated Czech ensemble the Skampa Quartet launches the series with the first Opus by the 'father of the string quartet', Joseph Haydn, followed by Beethoven's Opus 132.
Haydn: Quartet in B flat, Op 1 No 1 (The Hunt)
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, Op 132
2.00pm British Symphony Series
Featuring Viennese music from the 19th and 20th centuries that had an impact on British composer David Matthews. Plus the first recording of a new Christmas choral work by John Joubert, who celebrated his eightieth birthday this year.
Berg: Lulu Suite
Laura Aikin (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
David Matthews: In the Dark Time
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Beethoven: Symphony No 8
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Webern: 5 Pieces
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
John Joubert: Five Songs of Incarnation, Op 163
Robert Johnston (tenor)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
David Matthews: Symphony No 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Porcelijn (conductor)
