17 April 2008
Thursday 17 April 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
The Britten Sinfonia @ Lunch
Pianist Imogen Cooper joins members of the woodwind section of the Britten Sinfonia for a chamber work by Beethoven, an arrangement for piano and winds of music by Ravel and for a new work by Cambridge-based composer Robin Holloway.
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat, Op 16
Holloway: Five Temperaments for wind quintet (world premiere)
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (arr. David Walter for piano and winds)
Britten Sinfonia:
Philippe Bernold (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Joy Farrall (clarinet)
Sarah Burnett (bassoon)
Stephen Bell (horn)
Imogen Cooper (piano)
2.00pm British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Including a historic performance of Symphony No 8 conducted by Leopold Stokowski at the 1964 BBC Proms, complemented by a range of music written in Britain and Europe during the same era.
Williams: Penillion
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor)
Dallapiccola: Variazioni
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou
Ronan Collett (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet)
Ashley Wass (piano)
Shostakovich: The Gadfly (excerpts)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Zimmermann: Sonata for solo viola
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Joubert: Symphony No 1
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)
