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Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony

Simone Menezes conducts the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3, 'Scottish'. Plus, music by Wagner, Coleridge-Taylor and Brahms.

The ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Simone Menezes play Mendelssohn's Symphony no.3, the "Scottish"

Presented by Ian Skelly

Our week celebrating the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra reaches a climax with, appropriately-enough, Mendelssohn's so-called "Scottish" symphony; there's Wagner and Brahms from them too, as well as more music by Coleridge-Taylor and George Walker

2.00pm
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Trio
Nash Ensemble

Brahms
Tragic Overture
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

3.00pm
Mendelssohn
Symphony no.3 “Scottish”
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Simone Menezes, conductor

George Walker
Stars; Praise ye the Lord
ѿý Singers
Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, piano
Grace Rossiter, conductor

Glazunov
Chopiniana
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Chopin
Cello Sonata: Finale
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Yuja Wang, piano

2 hours, 32 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Oct 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77 (La caprice de Nannette)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.3 (Scottish)

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Trio in E Minor

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K.466 in F minor

    Performer: Federico Colli.
    • Chandos.
  • George Walker

    Stars

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.
  • George Walker

    Praise ye the Lord

    Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Chopiniana

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Erato.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus Domino meo (Dixit Dominus)

    Singer: Nicola Jenkin. Singer: Christopher Royall. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Simon Birchall. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus: The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphony no.9: Baltimore SO/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Oct 2023 14:00