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Last broadcast on Fri, 31 Oct 2008, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Petroc Trelawny introduces the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a peformance given at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, featuring Berlioz's energetic Roman Carnival Overture, followed by Brahms's brooding Second Piano Concerto. The concert concludes with a rare opportunity to hear the impressionistic First Symphony by Albert Roussel, a composer the RSNO have done much to publicise.
Steven Osborne (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)
Berlioz: Carnival Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2
Roussel: Symphony No 1 (Poem of the Forest)
Followed by the final installment of 'Play to the Nation', a month-long celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK:
Mahler: Symphony No 3 (third movement)
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra
David Curtis (conductor)
Philip Cashian: Mechanik
COMA London Ensemble
Gregory Rose (conductor)
...and Pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation:
Gershwin: 'I Got Rhythm' for piano duet
Andy Quin (piano)
Julian Joseph (piano)
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Fri 31 Oct 200819:00
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