BBC Philharmonic

Synopsis

A focus on the BBC's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's Proms performances, including on the first and last nights. This programme turns the spotlight on the BBC Philharmonic. Plus Haydn String Quartets.

Chagrin: The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op 76, No 2 (Fifths)
Hagen Quartet

J Gottlieb Harrer: Mein Herz ist bereit
Stephen Farr (organ)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet D minor, Op 103 (Unfinished)
Quatuor Mosaiques

2.45pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 in D minor
BBC Philharmonic
Ginanadrea Noseda (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet B flat, Op 76, No 4 (Sunrise)
Hagen Quartet

4.55pm
Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight, Op 24 - opera in three scenes
Baron ...... Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Albert ...... Misha Didyk (tenor)
Duke ...... Sergey Murzaev (baritone)
Moneylender ...... Peter Bronder (tenor)
Servant ...... Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianadrea Noseda (conductor).

Broadcast

1. Tue 14 Jul 2009
   14:00
   BBC Radio 3