Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle - Episode 2

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. Elgar: Froissart BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Nicola Benedetti (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christoph Konig (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat Piers Lane (piano) Ulster Orchestra Christian Gansch (conductor) Schumann: Symphony No 3 (Rhenish) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor).