Afternoon on 3 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Episode 1

Scotland on BBC Radio 3 Jonathan Swain presents a week showcasing the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with a special live concert from them on Thursday from City Halls, Glasgow. The week also features performances from the recent Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass in Manchester, with Foden's Band, The Cory Band and Black Dyke Band. Other highlights this week include the recent British premiere of Polish composer Roman Maciejewski's monumental Requiem, Missa pro defunctis, plus a chance to hear some newly released CDs from BBC orchestras. J.S. Bach orch. Manze: Art of Fugue, no 19 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella - overture; Rosamunde - excerpts BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) Rachmaninov: The Rock BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 2.55pm Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor "Unfinished" (with Scherzo compl. Newbold) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Manze (conductor) Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor) 4.20pm RNCM Festival of Brass 2010 Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Euphonium Concerto No. 2 David Thornton (euphonium) Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor) Eric Ball: Journey into Freedom Foden's Band Gary Cutt (conductor).