27 February 2008
Wednesday 27 February 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Continuing a week of concerts given at St George's Hall in Liverpool last autumn to mark the city's 800th anniversary, featuring young artists performing British and American repertoire that reflects Liverpool's long-standing reputation as the gateway to the New World.
Playlist:
MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Ashley Wass (piano)
MacDowell: Five Songs, Op 47
Simon Bailey (bass-baritone)
Claire Dunham (piano)
Clarke: Midsummer Moon
Jack Liebeck (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)
Thomson: Family Portraits
Onyx Brass Quintet
Rawsthorne: Sonatina for flute, oboe and piano
InTriplicate
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Doric Quartet
Copland: Corral Nocturne; Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Onyx Brass Quintet
2.10pm British Symphony Series: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony Cycle
Bantock: Omar Khayyam, Part 3
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 8 (Antarctic)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor)
Barber: Sonata for cello and piano, Op 6
Li-Wei (cello)
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op 10
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Layton (conductor)
