Performance on 3 - Bournemouth SO/Litton

Ian Skelly presents a concert given at the Lighthouse, Poole, with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate Andrew Litton returning to Poole to conduct the orchestra where he was music director from 1988 to 1994. The programme includes Mendelssohn's ever-popular Violin Concerto, with soloist Leila Josefowicz, and a work for which the conductor is a passionate advocate - Walton's First Symphony. Leila Josefowicz (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Andrew Litton (conductor) Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op 64 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor Followed by a focus on the Melos Ensemble, including recordings from the BBC archive: Bliss: A Knot of Riddles John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) Melos Ensemble. From BBC Archives (Bliss 75th birthday concert)