The Full Works Concert - Monday 11 March 2013: Concert Hall Favourites

Jane Jones introduces another two hours of live music favourites performed by the world's greatest orchestras. This week's feast for the ears includes a Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields performing Mendelssohn

Other highlights from tonight's Full Works Concert include Le Cercle de l'Harmonie performing Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus – Overture and pianist Stephen Hough rendition of Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No.3 in Eb major accompanied by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of Sakari Oramo. You'll also hear from the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a fantastic recording of Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major.

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus – Overture
Conductor: Jeremie Rhorer
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A major
(‘Italian’)
Conductor: Neville Marriner 
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.3 in Eb major
Piano: Stephen Hough
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major
Conductor: Paavo Berglund 
London Philharmonic Orchestra