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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary, Episode 4

Katie Derham presents the BBC SSO in music by Berlioz, MacMillan, Brahms and Strauss.

Katie Derham with a celebration of the BBC SSO. Berlioz: Overture (Beatrice et Benedict). Brahms: Violin Concerto. Strauss: Sinfonia domestica. Grieg: The Last Spring.

3 December 1935 saw the debut of a new orchestra in Glasgow: the BBC Scottish Orchestra. This week, as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, they celebrate their 75th birthday. Katie Derham celebrates in Afternoon on 3 with a selection of exciting new recordings and and archive highlights from the orchestra's history.

The week features recordings with most of the orchestra's Principal Conductors - from their founder Ian Whyte to Donald Runnicles, who's been in the post just over a year - and some of their most famous Assistant Conductors, including Simon Rattle! There's also Scottish music every day, and we visit all five cities where the orchestra perform regularly - Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth. 

Today we hear the BBC SSO in Munich and Vienna on their recent acclaimed tour of central Europe.

Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict - Overture
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

James MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor
[1990 recording: world premiere]

2.30pm
Brahms: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

3.10pm
Richard Strauss: Sinfonia domestica
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Grieg: The Last Spring 
BBC Scottish Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
[1960 recording]

4.00pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - 75th Anniversary

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Katie Derham celebrates the 75th birthday of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Katie Derham celebrates the 75th birthday of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with new and archive recordings. Featuring performances from most BBC SSO principal conductors and Scottish works

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