Episode 4
With Penny Gore. Barber: Music for a scene from Shelley. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 18 (soloist - Richard Goode). Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite 2. William Schuman: Symphony No 3.
Presented by Penny Gore.
The conclusion of a week of programmes featuring anniversary composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman includes the first orchestral work of his that Barber heard performed in public, his "Music for a scene from Shelley"- specially recorded for the programme by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic and Clark Rundell. William Schuman's 3rd Symphony is performed by the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra under Juilliard School of Music graduate Leonard Slatkin.
And there's more from the Juilliard school as conductor Jo Ann Falletta performs fellow American Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony" of 1896 with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic. 2 Curtis Institute alumni perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat - pianist Richard Goode and conductor Alan Gilbert, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
And to round off the week, Samuel Barber's delicious Violin Concerto, performed by Tai Murray with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales under Nicholas Braithwaite.
Barber: Music for a scene from Shelley
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic
Clark Rundell, conductor
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.18 in B flat
Richard Goode, piano
San Francisco Symphony
Alan Gilbert, conductor
2.40pm
Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic
Jo Ann Falletta, conductor
3.20pm
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2 in F (Op.102)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
3.40pm
William Schuman: Symphony No.3
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4.30pm
Barber: Violin Concerto
Tai Murray, violin
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor.
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- Fri 19 Nov 2010 14:00Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3