Performance on 3 - 31/10/2008

Petroc Trelawny introduces the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a peformance given at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, featuring Berlioz's energetic Roman Carnival Overture, followed by Brahms's brooding Second Piano Concerto. The concert concludes with a rare opportunity to hear the impressionistic First Symphony by Albert Roussel, a composer the RSNO have done much to publicise. Steven Osborne (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stephane Deneve (conductor) Berlioz: Carnival Overture Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 Roussel: Symphony No 1 (Poem of the Forest) Followed by the final installment of 'Play to the Nation', a month-long celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK: Mahler: Symphony No 3 (third movement) Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra David Curtis (conductor) Philip Cashian: Mechanik COMA London Ensemble Gregory Rose (conductor) ...and Pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation: Gershwin: 'I Got Rhythm' for piano duet Andy Quin (piano) Julian Joseph (piano)