Radio 3 in Concert: Fairy Tale and Folklore

Live from the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, presented by Tom McKinney. The BBC Philharmonic are joined by conductor Mark Wigglesworth and Jess Gillam for the UK premiere of their newly announced Composer in Association, Anna Clyne's saxophone concerto, Glasslands. The banshee of Irish folklore making her presence felt in this music written for tonight's soloist. "London Town" is the back-drop for Elgar's Cockaigne Overture, a brilliant portrait of life and all its vigour in the bustling streets of the English capital at the end of the Victorian era. After the interval the orchestra bring Ravel's magical pictures of an imaginary fairy-tale world to life in Five Pieces from his ballet Mother Goose, and Beethoven's powerful Fifth Symphony ends the programme. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture. Anna Clyne: Glasslands. 8.10 Music Interval (CD). Ravel: Mother Goose - Five pieces. Beethoven: Symphony No.5. Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), BBC Philharmonic, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)