The Full Works Concert - Thursday 14 March 2013: Concert Hall Favourites

Tonight’s selection of concert hall favourites is packed full of hits from the Classic FM Hall of Fame – and they’ll all be played in full. Join Jane Jones from 8pm

As well as the Classic FM Hall of Fame hits, Jane Jones presents a brilliant performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6 (‘Pathetique’) from the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons, a Bach Brandenburg Concerto performed by the English Concert, and Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No.1 brought to us by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.  Plus – star young pianist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and we’ll enjoy an all-Russian performance of Khachaturian’s Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia.

Aram Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus of Phrygia
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Kirov Orchestra

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Piano: Benjamin Grosvenor
Conductor: James Judd
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
English Concert

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor (Pathetique)
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra