BBC Concert Orchestra

Synopsis

Jonathan Swain throws the spotlight onto the BBC's performing groups, who provide the backbone of every year's Proms performances including on the first and last nights. Also the complete cycle of Haydn's mature String Quartets draws to a close with his Op 76 and Op 77 sets. The Haydn expert is the Lindsay Quartet's Peter Cropper.

Francis Chagrin: Aquarelles (Portraits of 5 Children)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Roderich Dunk (conductor)

Montague Phillips: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor
David Owen Norris (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland (conductor)

Alexander Mackenzie: Benedictus (arr. for small orchestra)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

2.45pm
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 76, No 5
Hagen Quartet

Sethus Calvisius: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Stephen Farr (organ)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in F, Op 77, No 2
Quatuor Mosaiques

4.55pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
Wendy-Dawn Thompson (mezzo-soprano)
Timothy Robinson (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor).

Broadcast

1. Mon 13 Jul 2009
   14:00
   BBC Radio 3