Afternoon on 3 - BBC Philharmonic at 75 - Episode 1

Louise Fryer presents a week celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from the last year. Highlights include the BBC's Manchester-based orchestra in Haydn Symphonies and Bartok Concertos, with many of the artists most closely associated with the orchestra - including Principal Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, composer/conductor H K Gruber, pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Chief Guest Conductor Vassily Sinaisky. Glazunov: Chopiniana BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture BBC Philharmonic Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) 2.30pm Elgar: Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) BBC Philharmonic Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G "Oxford" BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.20pm Bartok: Violin Concerto no. 2 James Ehnes (violin) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 "The Inextinguishable" BBC Philharmonic John Storgards (conductor).