Radio 3 in Concert: Viennese Whirl

Sarah Connolly joins the BBC Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins for an evening of Viennese music, live from MediaCityUK, Salford. Presented by Tom McKinney. From Brahms's First Sextet, David Matthews's arrangement of the Andante brings expanded dimension to the piece. Zemlinsky's Six songs on poems by Maeterlinck are here heard in an arrangement by John Pickard, originally for piano and existing, too, in a version for large orchestra, tonight's performing edition draws inspiration from both to provide an intimate orchestral picture. A newly minted transcription of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder made by David Matthews specially for this concert sheds new light on this masterpiece and the progamme ends with a classic, Schoenberg's First Chamber Symphony - a tour de force of orchestra colour and virtuosity as seen through the lens of 15 players. Brahms arr David Matthews: Andante (from String Sextet Op 18); Zemlinsky arr John Pickard: Six songs to poems by Maeterlinck. Music Interval. Mahler arr David Matthews: Kindertotenlieder. Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1. Sarah Connolly (mezzo), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins