Afternoon on 3 - Messiaen in Context - Messiaen in Context - Episode 1

Louise Fryer presents music by composers Messiaen admired as well as pieces by his contemporaries. Plus two John Milton poems read by actor Robert Glenister: At a Vacation Exercise in the College and An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Cristian Orosanu (conductor) Poulenc: Sonata Orietta Caianiello, Antonio Sardi de Letto (pianos) 2.50pm Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Cristian Orosanu (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K414 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 3.45pm Foerster: Violin Concerto No 2 Ivan Zenaty (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Stravinsky: Orpheus Ulster Orchestra Kenneth Montgomery (conductor) Tailleferre: Deux Valses Orietta Caianello (piano) Antonio Sardi de Letto (piano).