Performance on 3 - Mahler Symphony Cycle - Episode 10

Presented by Catherine Bott. The BBC Philharmonic, under its principal conductor Gianandrea Noseda, brings the critically-acclaimed cycle of Mahler symphonies performed by Manchester's orchestras to a climactic close with the Austrian composer's unfinished 10th Symphony as completed by Derek Cooke. Before that, Anthony Payne's 'The Period of Cosmographie' is a reflection on the powers of the universe and a final BBC commission in this cycle that explores Mahler's influence on modern composers. Recorded at the Bridgewater Hall. ANTHONY PAYNE: The Period of Cosmographie (World Premiere; BBC Commission) MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 (compl. Cooke) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Followed by a focus this week on chamber music by Robert Schumann as we reach the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Today, Steven Isserlis performs his own arrangement for cello and piano of Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor. Denes Varjon accompanies him on the piano.