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Tuesday - William Wallace's Creation Symphony

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform William Wallace's Creation Symphony, and Lisa Batiashvili plays Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Fiona Talkington presents the best performances from BBC ensembles and from concerts across Europe.

Today's 3pm highlight showcases the BBC Scottish Symphony in a late 19th-century rarity - the Creation Symphony by William Wallace. The BBC Philharmonic performs orchestral music from Wagner's Gotterdammerung, the BBC Concert Orchestra performs Elgar's Serenade for Strings, and Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist in Sibelius's Violin Concerto, performed in Munich in March with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Including:

Louise Farrenc: Overture No.2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier (cond.)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Dawn Music; Siegfried's Rhine Journey; Siegfried's Funeral March
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (cond.)

Elgar: Serenade for strings
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury (cond.)

3pm
William Wallace: Creation Symphony
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (cond.)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (cond.)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 11 Jul 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 24

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (In holder Anmut stehn)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Creation: Gabrieli Consort & Players/McCreesh.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 19.

  • Richard Wagner

    Götterdämmerung (Dawn Music; Siegfried's Rhine Journey; Siegfried's Funeral March)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-scherzo in C major, Op 34, arr. for violin and piano

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Performer: Zhang Zuo.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for string orchestra (Op.20) in E minor

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • GBBBC.

  • William Wallace

    Creation Symphony

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in A minor, op. 32/8

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G flat, op. 23/10

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sérénade (5 Fantasy Pieces)

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Michael Tippett

    Symphony No.4 - Part 1: Introduction and exposition

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Mélodie. Adagio sostenuto, from 'Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, op. 3'

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sérénade. Sostenuto, from 'Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, op. 3'

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Turco in Italia (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Jul 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3