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Penny Gore presents music from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO. Berlioz: Overture (Beatrice et Benedict). Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2. Mahler: Symphony No 5. Zarzycki: Grand Polonaise, Op 7.

Penny Gore presents recent performances by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish SO, with a special focus on Fifth Symphonies.

We start today with Mahler under conductor Robert Spano. Tomorrow it's the turn of Beethoven's Fifth, with Fifths by both Tchaikovsky and Sibelius to end the week on Friday. Thursday Opera Matinee continues this year's celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday with his Shakespearian masterpiece Otello.

Also today, a Berlioz Shakespearian overture, a Chopin piano concerto, and the first of three brand new recordings of much rarer Polish music for piano and orchestra, by Chopin's younger compatriots Aleksander Zarzycki and Wladyslaw Zelenski.

Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice and Benedict
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

2.15pm
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Garrick Ohlsson (piano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor).

2.45pm
Mahler: Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Spano (conductor).

4pm
Aleksander Zarzycki: Grande Polonaise for piano and orchestra, Op. 7
Jonathan Plowright (piano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Lukasz Borowicz (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Apr 2013 14:00

Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture to Beatrice & Benedict, Op.27

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor

  • Aleksander Zarzycki

    Grand polonaise, Op.7

  • Karl Goldmark

    In spring [Im Fruhling] - overture Op.36

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Apr 2013 14:00