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

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 - as well as Munich and Vienna on their recent acclaimed tour of central Europe. Today's programme features Andrew Manze's debut as Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC SSO . The concert starts with a brand-new bowl of sweet cherries from Sally Beamish to contrast with Brahms's Fourth Symphony - which, Brahms said, 'takes after the climate in these parts: the cherries don't grow ripe and sweet here!' Sally Beamish: Kirschen (World premiere) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze, conductor 2.15pm Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G, K453 Ronald Brautigam, piano BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze, conductor 2.45pm Richard Strauss: Guntram - closing scene (Act 3) Freihild.............Marie Collier, soprano Guntram........Robert Thomas, tenor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Norman Del Mar, conductor [1964 recording] 3.00pm Brahms: Symphony No.4 BBC Scottish Symphony Ochestra Andrew Manze, conductor.