Monday - Schumann's First Symphony

Penny Gore introduces an afternoon of live concert recordings by BBC orchestras and ensembles around Europe.

Today in the 3pm spotlight, Matthias Pintscher conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Robert Schumann's Symphony No.1, and Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto with soloist Cristina Gómez, from a concert in Aberdeen in September. The orchestra also plays music by Julia Perry, and Penny introduces excerpts from a concert by Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata at the recent Baltic Sea Festival.

Beethoven: Rondo a Capriccio, Op 129
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor

Haydn: Agnus Dei, from 'Mass in honorem B.V.M. in E flat, Hob XXII:4'
Xavier Mendoza, baritone
Roger Padullés, tenor
Álvaro Carnicero, organ
Escolania de Montserrat
Capella de Música de Montserrat
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
Xavier Puig, conductor

Cristoforo Caresana (arr. Christina Pluhar): La veglia, per la nascita di Gesù
Céline Scheen, soprano
Dorota Szczepanska, soprano
Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano
Vincenzo Capezzuto, alto
Alessandro Giangrande, tenor
João Fernandes, bass
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, musical direction, theorbo

Erno Dohnanyi: American Rhapsody Op.47 for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert, conductor

CPE Bach: Violin Sonata in C major, Wq. 73 / 149 (H504)
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
James Baillieu, piano

Julia Perry: Homunculus, for harp, celeste and percussion
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Paterson, conductor

3pm
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B♭ major, Op. 38, 'Spring'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor

Traditional (Apulia): Pizzica di San Vito, Tarantella (Vincenzo Capezzuto, countertenor)
Cristoforo Caresana (arr. Christina Pluhar): La pastorale
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, musical direction, theorbo

Mozart: Piano Sonata No 17 in B flat major, K 570
Christian Ihle Hadland, piano

Strauss: Oboe concerto
Cristina Gómez, oboe
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor