Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Part 1 | 20090806 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic's Italian-born chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda pays tribute to his native land - and continues the Proms cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies - with the sun-drenched work that the 21-year-old Mendelssohn composed while holidaying in Rome. And American mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux joins the orchestra for Rossini's operatic retelling of the Cinderella story, his third stage-work for Rome's Teatro Valle. Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Rossini: Mura felice (La donna del lago); Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola). The BBC Philharmonic pay tribute to Italy with music by Mendelssohn and Rossini. |
| 02 | Part 2 | 20090806 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic's tribute to Italy concludes with Peter Maxwell Davies' palindromically entitled Roma amor, which is a serenade to the city, and begin a cycle of Respighi's Roman trilogy with his vivid tableaux celebrating the capital's famous pines. Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Peter Maxwell Davies: Roma amor Respighi: Pines of Rome. The conclusion of an Italian Prom. Maxwell Davies: Roma amor. Respighi: Pines of Rome. |