Afternoon on 3 - BBC Performing Groups - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents a seies featuring the BBC performing groups in concert. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christmas Classics: Highlights from the popular annual concert recorded in 2008 at the Music Hall in Aberdeen. Introduced from the stage by Jamie MacDougal. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Tchaikovsky: Sugar Plum Fairy; Trepak (The Nutcracker, Op 71) Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols (for string orchestra) Malcolm Arnold, arr. Christopher Palmer: The Holly and The Ivy (Fantasy on Christmas Carols) John Williams: Adventures on Earth (from Steven Spielberg's film ET: The Extra-Terrestrial) Loesser: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Jamie MacDougall - tenor) Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival Traditional, arr. John Rutter: The Twelve Days of Christmas 3.00pm Louise Fryer continues with more music from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Ravel: La valse BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C for string orchestra, Op 48 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) 3.45pm Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op 35 - symphonic suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Preview of the Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts which come from the 2009 Cheltenham Festival. Britten: Six Folksongs: Early One Morning; The Last Rose of Summer; Little Sir William; Come You Not from Newcastle?; There's None to Soothe; The Brisk Young Widow Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Paul Turner (piano).