Composers of the Year - Episode 2

Sarah Walker presents highlights from BBC Radio 3 broadcasts of music by its four Composers of the Year in 2009. Haydn: Symphony No 95 in C minor Concentus Musicus Vienna Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 10.25am Purcell: Sonata in 4 Parts, Z807 Concordia 10.35am Harpsichord player Laurence Cummings performs Handel in the composer's London home, now the Handel House Museum, and talks to Catherine Bott about the dance suites. 10.45am Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 2 English Concert Alfredo Bernardini (oboe/director) Recorded at the Foundling Museum in London 11.00am Haydn: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse) Maria Zadori (soprano) Levente Gyongyosi (organ) Purcell Choir Orfeo Orchestra Gyorgy Vashegyi (conductor) Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Esterhazy Castle. 11.20am Purcell: Suite (The Fairy Queen) Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr (director/harpsichord) 11.30am Mendelssohn: Octet Royal Quartet and Psophos String Quartet (former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists) 12.00am Music Matters: Mendelssohn in Scotland In the summer of 1829, Felix Mendelssohn visited Scotland on a walking tour with his friend Karl Klingemann. Tom Service follows in his footsteps on a journey that would provide the inspiration for both the Hebrides Overture and the Scottish Symphony. Accompanied by Scottish historian John Purser, he visits the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Oban, Fort William, Mull and sails to Staffa to see Fingal's Cave for himself. 12.45pm Handel Passions Author Janice Galloway and actor Dominic West tell Michael Berkeley about their favourite Handelian moments. 1.00pm Sarah Walker introduces chamber music by the Composers of the Year. Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (Lark) Ebene Quartet 1.20pm Handel: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E, HWV430 Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) Recorded at the Handel House Museum. 1.45pm Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F (1838) Daniel Hope (violin) Sebastian Knauer (piano) Recorded at the Victoria & Albert Museum.