Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20140303 | Katie Derham presents a week of programmes, before Ravel Day on Friday, featuring performances from the Thea Musgrave 'Total Immersion' weekend. The weekend was hosted by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers at The Barbican last month. There's also music by Chausson, Debussy, Beethoven and the UK Premiere of Mantovani's Concerto for Two Pianos. Plus new pieces for choir and organ which have been developed in workshops during the last year by the BBC Singers, in partnership with Choir and Organ magazine. 2pm Soir de fꀀte Fabien Gabel (conductor) 2.15pm Rorate coeli Paul Brough (conductor) 2.30pm Bruno Mantovani Concerto for Two Pianos (UK premiere) Fran瀀ois-Fr退d退ric Guy (piano) Varduhi Yeritsyan (piano) 2.55pm Anne-Marie O'Farrell Skimming Stones Matthew Hamilton (conductor) 3pm Three Nocturnes Women's Voices of the BBC Singers 3.25pm Green Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 3.45pm Anthony Fort Firewalk James McVinnie (organ) 3.50pm Symphony No. 8 in F Fabien Gabel (conductor). Katie Derham with music by Musgrave, Mantovani, O'Farrell, Debussy, Fort and Beethoven. |
| 02 | 20140304 | Katie Derham continues a week of programmes featuring performances from the Thea Musgrave 'Total Immersion' weekend at the Barbican with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Looking ahead to Ravel Day on Friday, we've pieces by composers whose music influenced him, including Debussy, Wagner and Stravinsky, and another new piece for choir developed in workshops during the last year with the BBC Singers 2pm Britten Festival Te Deum Op.32 Iain Farrington (organ) David Hill (conductor) 2.10pm The Firebird - suite (1945) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) 2.40pm On the Underground, Set 1: On Gratitude, Love and Madness (1994) Paul Brough (conductor) 2.50pm Shostakovich Six Songs (Romances), Op. 21 Robin Tritschler (tenor) David Parry (conductor) 3pm Circus Polka 3.05pm Rubens Askenars Cuerpos Futuros Matthew Hamilton (conductor) 3.10pm Pr退lude |
| 03 | 20140305 | Katie Derham continues a week of programmes featuring performances from the Thea Musgrave 'Total Immersion' weekend at the Barbican and curated by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers. Also topday, a choral piece and an organ piece developed in workshops during the last year by the BBC Singers, in partnership with Choir and Organ magazine and music by Copland, Brahms and Glinka 2pm The Seasons Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 2.15pm Old American Songs, Set 1 Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano) David Parry (conductor) 2.30pm Mantas Savickis All Nature Has a Feeling Matthew Hamilton (conductor) 2.35pm David Loxley-Blount Sonus repercussus James McVinnie (organ) 2.40pm Gesang, Op.104 - 1. Im Herbst Andrew Griffiths (conductor) 2.50pm Emily Howard Solar Garry Walker (conductor) 2.55pm A Life for the Tsar - Overture Mikhail Agrest (conductor) 3.05pm Ithaca Paul Brough (conductor) 3.20pm Gesang, Op.104 - 3. Letzes Glück; 4. Verlorene Jugend Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Music by Musgrave, Copland, Savickis, Loxley-Blount, Brahms, Howard and Glinka. |