Episode 1

Penny Gore presents a week of recent recordings by the BBC Symphony Orchestra including Stravinsky's Scherzo a la Russe and Korngold's Marchenbilder conducted by Michael Seal. The young Chinese pianist Fang Yuan joins the orchestra with the Czech conductor Marek Sedivy in a performance of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto. Plus Verity Sharp presents a concert by the BBC Singers of music by Judith Weir, Byrd and Howells.

Presented by Penny Gore.

14:00
STRAVINSKY
Scherzo à la Russe
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal (conductor)

14:05
KORNGOLD
Märchenbilder, Op.3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal (conductor)

14:25
BBC Singers in Concert
Presented by Verity Sharp

JUDITH WEIR Ave Regina Caelorum
JUDITH WEIR Truly I Tell You
KEMAL YUSUF Psalm 91
CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD Psalm 1
BYRD Miserere mei
HOWELLS Rhapsody IV Bene psallite in vociferatione
HOLLOWAY Three Psalms: Psalm 39
EDWARD RUSHTON Psalm 149
JUDITH WEIR A blue true dream of sky
JUDITH WEIR The Song sung True

Stephen Farr (organ)
Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass)
Olivia Robinson (soprano)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)

15:45
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.1 in C
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Fang Yuan (piano)
Marek Sedivy (conductor).