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On Tuesday's Edition we are going to celebrate 10 of the best Symphony Orchestras in the world and some of their most famous pieces (as chosen by the editorial staff at BBC Music magazine). So we have (in alphabetical order) 1) The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, 2) The Berlin Philharmonic with Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (aka Eroica), 3) The Budapest Festival Orchestra with Brahms' 4th Symphony, 4) The Halle Orchestra with Vaughan-Williams' 6th Symphony, 5) The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder, 6) The London Symphony Orchestra with Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring, 7) The Los Angeles Philharmonic with Lutoslowski's 1st Symphony, 8) The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Verdi's Aida, 9) The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Mahler's 1st Symphony and 10) The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Mozart's The Marriage Of Figaro.
Hope you can join me at Midday on Tuesday.




Fab show mate. Wish I could have sat still and really been able to listen properly, but kept me bloody sane I can tell ya. :)