Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – get in the mood with the pomp of this majestic piece
Chris Hopkins, Artistic Director of the Amersham Festival of Music - interview
Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring – based on an old Norwegian folk song
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 2nd movement Adagio – Mozart seduced the public back into loving his piano concerti with this tantalising piece
Rachmaninov: Second Suite for 2 pianos – written in Italy in 1901 after a 4 year period of self doubt
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Anitra’s Dance – a seductive and bewitching dance
Vivaldi: Concerto in F Autumn Allegro – the feel of the onset of Autumn captured in this piece
Hilary McCann, Publicity Officer of the Amersham Festival of Music - interview
Borodin: Polovtsian Dance – from the opera Prince Igor
COFFEE BREAK 2 moving pieces written 100 years apart
Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor 4th movement Adagietto
Pheloung: Lewis Main Theme
Puccini : Che gelida manina from La Boheme – from the tragic love story of poet Rodolfo and seamstress Mimi
Boccherini : Cello Concerto No 9 in B flat 3rd movement rondo allegro – one of talented cellist Boccherini’s 12 concerti for his favoured instrument
John Dunnett, conductor of Wycombe Sinfonia - interview
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersingers Mastersingers of Nuremburg Overture – a powerful piece from a story of competitive singing
Von Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture – a favourite piece for bands and orchestras from this Austrian composer
Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G major 3rd movement allegretto grazioso – composed in 1889 following his election to the Bohemiam Academy, listen out for the trumpet finale
Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor 3rd movement Vivace – a chirpy pice from this Venetian composer
Stradella: Sinfonia a Tres in D major Part 1 – some stately Baroque to draw the show to a close
