14 April 2008
Monday 14 April 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The all-Swedish duo of clarinettist Martin Frost and pianist Roland Pontinen perform a recital direct from Wigmore Hall, London.
Playlist:
Schumann: Abendlied; Mit Humor, Langsam, Start und markiert (5 Stucke im Volkston)
Frost: On the Wing
Schumann: Arabeske
Brahms: Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2
2.00pm
British Symphony Series: Ralph Vaughan Williams
To mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams's death, Radio 3 continues a series of the complete cycle of his symphonies, complemented by the BBC's orchestras and singers performing music by friends, pupils and contemporaries from Britain, Europe and America.
Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 6
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Barber: Second Essay for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Edwin Outwater (conductor)
Lutyens: Two songs by W H Auden
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Muriel Cantoreggi (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Piston: Symphony No 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Edwin Outwater (conductor)
Poulenc: Figure humaine
BBC Singers
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Watkins (conductor)
