Performance on 3 - BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek - Martinu Symphony No 1

Presented by Petroc Trelawny The opening concert of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 season, with chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, is the first concert in a series devoted to Martinu's six symphonies, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. Martinu's First Symphony, a work conceived in exile from Nazi-dominated Europe, is preceded by Mozart's Symphony No 29 in A and bass-baritone Gerald Finley singing Mahler's Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, plus Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death. Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 29 in A, K201 Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death Martinu: Symphony No 1 Followed by part of a series of lesser-known works by Mendelssohn, one of Radio 3's Composers of the Year in 2009. Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 2 in B, Op 87 Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust (violins) Hartmut Rohde, Stefan Fehlandt (violas) Gustav Rivinius (cello).