February Full Works - Great British Orchestras
Throughout February, John Brunning features a different British orchestra each day - including Classic FM Orchestras the London Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Scottish National and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Click on the links below for each day's running order
Monday 1 February - Philharmonia Orchestra
Tuesday 2 February - Ulster Orchestra
Wednesay 3 February - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Thursday 4 February - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Friday 5 February - Hallé Orchestra
Monday 8 February - London Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday 9 February - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 10 February - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 11 February - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Friday 12 February - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Monday 15 February - Collegium Musicum 90
Tuesday 16 February - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Wednesday 17 February - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Thursday 18 February - London Chamber Orchestra
Friday 19 February - Scottish Ensemble
Monday 22 February - English Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday 23 February - London Mozart Players
Wednesday 24 February - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 25 February - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 26 February - English Symphony Orchestra
Monday 1 February - Philharmonia Orchestra
J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Violin: Yehudi Menuhin
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi
Tuesday 2 February - Ulster Orchestra
Edouard Lalo: Fantasie Norvegienne
Violin: Philippe Graffin
Conductor: Thierry Fischer
Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No.1 in D minor
Conductor: Vernon Handley
Arnold Bax: Tintagel
Conductor: Bryden Thomson
Michael Nyman: Piano Concerto
Piano: John Lenehan
Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
Jacques Ibert: Divertissement
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Hamilton Harty: Variations on a Dublin Air
Violin: Ralph Holmes
Conductor: Bryden Thomson
Wednesday 3 January - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Hector Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Conductor: Alexander Gibson
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor
Piano: Howard Shelley
Conductor: Bryden Thomson
Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No.3 in D major
Conductor: José Serebrier
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Felicity Lott
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Thursday 4 February - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Conductor: José Serebrier
Henry Litolff: Concerto Sinfonique No.4 in D minor
Piano: Peter Donohoe
Conductor: Andrew Litton
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Soloists: Claire Rutter, Tom Randle, Markus Eiche|
Marin Alsop conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Highcliffe Junior Choir and Bournemouth Youth Chorus.
Friday 5 February - Hallé Orchestra
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Conductor: Mark Elder
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major
Conductor: James Loughran
Frederick Delius: Summer Night on the River
Conductor: Mark Elder
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.2 (‘A London Symphony’)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Monday 8 February - London Symphony Orchestra
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major (‘Titan’)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in A major
Piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor: István Kertész
Ernest Chausson: Poeme for Violin and Orchestra
Violin: Daniel Hope
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C major
Conductor: Colin Davis
Tuesday 9 February - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Conductor: Alexander Janiczek
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C major
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Pipes: George MacIlwham
Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies
Wednesday 10 February - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gerald Finzi: Clarinet Concerto in C minor
Clarinet: Emma Johnson
Conductor: Charles Groves
Edward Elgar: Sospiri
Conductor: Clio Gould
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Violin: Kyung-Wha Chung
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major
Conductor: Daniele Gatti
Arthur Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England - Suite No.1
Conductor: Royston Nash
Thursday 11 February - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor
Piano: Till Fellner
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Violin: Nicola Benedetti
Conductor: James MacMillan
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor Opus 6 No.6
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto No.10 in B flat major
Clarinet: Sabine Meyer
Conductor: Iona Brown
Philip Lane: London Salute
Conductor: Paul Lewis
Friday 12 February - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Piano: Nikolai Lugansky
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
John Rutter: Psalm 150
CBSO joined by the Choirs of King's College and Gonville and Caius College
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Meditation Opus 42 No.1
Violin: Baiba Skride
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No.86 in D minor
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor
Clarinet: Janet Hilton
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Monday 15 February - Collegium Musicum 90
Georg-Philipp Telemann: Concerto in F major for 3 Violins
Violins: Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Catherine Weiss
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No.103 in E flat major ('Drumroll')
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major RV.589
Soloists: Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B flat major Opus 9 No.11
Oboe: Anthony Robson
Conductor: Simon Standage
George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in A major Opus 6 No.11
Tuesday 16 February - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Hamish MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Conductor: John Wilson
Ernest Tomlinson: Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
Arthur Butterworth: The Path Across the Moors
Conductor: Arthur Butterworth
Buxton Orr: Celtic Suite
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
John Fox: Countryside Suite
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
Joseph Horowitz: Oboe Concerto
Oboe: Nicholas Daniel
Conductor: Joseph Horowitz
Matthew Curtis: Amsterdam Suite
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
Peter Hope: Mexican Hat Dance
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland
Wednesday 17 February - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364
Violin: Rachel Podger
Viola: Pavlo Beznosiuk
Frederic Chopin: Fantasia on Polish Airs
Piano: Emanuel Ax
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Bernhard Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No.1 in E flat major
Clarinet: Antony Pay
Franz Schubert: German Mass
OAE joined by the Vienna Boys’ Choir and the Vienna Chorus
Organ: Arno Hartmann
Conductor: Bruno Weil
Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major Hob.VIIa:1
Violin: Elizabeth Wallfisch
Thursday 18 February - London Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Hess: Piano Concerto
Soloist: Lang Lang
Conductor: Christopher Warren Green
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Conductor: Christopher Warren Green
Philip Glass: Company
Conductor: Christopher Warren Green
James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Soloists: James Gilchrist, Libby Crabtree, Charles Gibbs
LCO joined by Polyphony
Conductor: James MacMillan
Friday 19 February - Scottish Ensemble
William Walton: Sonata for String Orchestra
Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis
Tenor: Toby Spence
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major (arranged for string ensemble)
Conductor: Clio Gould
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations
Tenor: Toby Spence
Monday 22 February - English Chamber Orchestra
William Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Conductor: Stuart Bedford
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 in C major
Piano: Daniel Barenboim
Patrick Hawes: Pavane (Theme to The Incredible Mrs Ritchie)
Conductor: Patrick Hawes
Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre
Guitar: John Williams
Conductor: Charles Groves
Edward Elgar: Nursery Suite
Conductor: Paul Goodwin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins
Violins: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Salvatore Accardo
Tuesday 23 February - London Mozart Players
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto in G major
Flute: Philippa Davies
Conductor: Jane Glover
Franz Krommer: Symphony Opus 102
Conductor: Matthias Bamert
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sappho von Mitilene - Ballet Suite
Wednesday 24 February - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Groves
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Cello: Lynn Harrell
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Eric Coates: London Again Suite
Conductor: John Wilson
Franz Liszt: Totentanz (Dance of the Dead)
Piano: Eldar Nebolsin
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Thursday 25 February - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Overture
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis
Ottorino Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
(The Magic Toyshop – from the ballet after Rossini)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Vittorio Monti: Czardas
Percussion: Dame Evelyn Glennie
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Johann Strauss II: Ritter Pasman (music from the ballet)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Benjamin Britten: Matinees Musicales (from the ballet after Rossini)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Friday 26 February - English Symphony Orchestra
All performances conducted by William Boughton.
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma Variations)
Frederick Delius: Summer Evening
Johann Christian Bach: Overture in B flat major
George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Hubert Parry: Symphony No.1 in G major
