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Elgar's Symphony No 1

Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Jonathan Woolgar and Elgar. Martin James Bartlett joins them for Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor.

Edward Elgar was a shopkeeper’s son from a country town, but his First Symphony spans worlds – a sweeping, multicoloured musical autobiography on a magnificent scale, burning with passion and beginning (as well as ending) with a melody you’ll never forget.
Jonathan Woolgar comes from West Yorkshire, but in his award-winning Canzoni et Ricercari he travels in time to the Renaissance, unlocking new sounds of bracing power and haunting beauty.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer’s creativity to these two astonishing scores – and is joined by BBC Young Musician 2014, Martin James Bartlett, to celebrate the brilliance, the wit and the unchained inspiration of Mozart.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Kate Molleson

Jonathan Woolgar: Canzoni et ricercari
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Elgar: Symphony No. 1

Martin James Bartlett (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Nov 2023 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jonathan Woolgar

    Canzoni Et Ricercari

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 20 In D Minor K.466

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen Op.15 for piano: no.1; Von fremden Landern und Menschen

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musikalisches Opfer Bwv.1079 ; No.5; Ricercare A 6

    Ensemble: Phantasm.

  • Priaulx Rainier

    Sonata ; 1st Movement; Allegro (Ricercare)

    Performer: Bridget Carey. Performer: David Carhart.

  • György Ligeti

    Musica Ricercata

    Performer: Pierre Charial.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Major Op.55

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dances Op. 58

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Sonata in D Minor - African Dances - Hiawathan Sketches - Peti.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 04-07.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs: IV. The Lover's Ghost

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Holst Singers.
    • Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale – Partsongs, Folksongs & Shakespeare Set.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Nov 2023 19:30
    BBC Radio 3