Afternoon on 3 - Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle - Episode 3

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. Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rumon Gamba (conductor) CPE Bach: Sonata for oboe and continuo Alexei Ogrintcouk (oboe) David McGuinness (harpsichord) Sebastian Comberti (cello) Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Great) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).