Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works - Episode 1

Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 8 in D BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Haveron (director) 2.30pm Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Cedric Tiberghien (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) 3.20pm Elgar: Froissart, Op 19 - concert overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales James Judd (conductor) 3.30pm Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus BBC National Orchestra of Wales Lesley Hatfield (director) 3.50pm Mendelssohn: Lobgesang (Symphony No 2), Op 52 Veronique Gens (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Robert Tear (tenor) BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor).