Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle - Episode 1

Presented by Penny Gore. Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Bach: Fantasia and Fugue BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 92 BBC Philharmonic Nicholas Kraemer (conductor) Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op 61 Sergei Khachatryan (violin) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor).