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Monday - Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony

In a week of programmes celebrating the orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony.

In a week of programmes celebrating the orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Filled with portent of war, Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony no.4 packs a colossal punch. There's also a coronation overture by his pupil, Elizabeth Maconchy, a Poulenc masterpiece premiered by the forebears of today's BBC Singers and Shostakovich's delightful Piano Concerto no.2

2.00pm
Randall Thompson
Alleluia
BBC Singers
Paul Brough, conductor

Maconchy
Proud Thames
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal, conductor

Bach
Prelude and fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 863
(The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in B flat, RV 362 ('La caccia')
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz, violin

Bach
Italian Concerto
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

3.00pm
Vaughan Williams
Symphony no.4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

Poulenc
Figure Humaine
BBC Singers
David Hill, conductor

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2
Kirill Gerstein, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 12 Dec 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Paul Brough.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.4 in F Minor

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Prelude and fugue No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863)

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • GBBBC.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat, RV 362 ('La caccia')

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in the Italian style in F major, BWV 971

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No 1 in B flat major, Op 21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Dvorak: Piano Trios: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 3.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Figure Humaine

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto 2 in F Op.102

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Romantic pieces, Op 75

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Zhang Zuo.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Dec 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3