Afternoon on 3 - The Viola - Episode 1

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes in which the 'Cinderella of the orchestra', the viola, takes centre stage, with a variety of concertos, sonatas and other works for the instrument. New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov plays his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, originally for cello, and BBC Philharmonic principal viola Steven Burnard performs Walton's viola concerto. Walton: Viola Concerto (revised version) Steven Burnard (viola) BBC Philharmonic Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 44 (Trauer) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) 2.45pm Tchaikovsky: Variations on a rococo theme, Op 33 (arr. for viola by Maxim Rysanov) Maxim Rysanov (viola) BBC Symphony Orchestra Gullberg Jensen (conductor) 3.10pm Beethoven: Symphony No 6 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Beethoven: Notturno for piano and viola, Op 42 arr. from Serenade for piano and strings, Op 8 (6th mvt - Theme and variations) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Ashley Wass (piano) 4.00pm Prokofiev: Symphony No 5 in B flat, Op 100 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor).