From the foyer of Manchester's Bridgewater
Hall. The Nemo Brass Quintet play music by Sousa, Grainger, Ives and Bernstein, and the BBC Singers' selection includes the Choral Dances from Britten's Gloriana and a Frankenstein mini-musical by Paul Patterson. The CD selection includes:
Bach, transcr Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson
Eigar Introduction and Allegro
Allegri Quartet, Sinfonia of London, conductor John Barbirolli
Chopin Introduction and Variations on the German National Air "Die
Schweizerbub"
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Walton Suite: Façade (excerpts) City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Louis Fremaux Tchaikovsky Marche Slave
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Producer Piers Burton-Page E-MAIL:bksm@bbc. co.uk