Christmas: Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride – sleigh bells at the ready for a festive start
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn Chorale St Anthony Andante – with 8 distinct variations before the glorious finale
Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D major 4th movement – one of 12 London symphonies composed during 2 spells of living in the capital
Interview with Chris Hartgroves – double bass player and publicity officer with the St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Copeland: Fanfare for the Common Man – written in 1942 for the Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra and famously used in 1977 by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Interview with Bill Carslake – guest conductor for the SASO New Year’s Day concert when Copeland’s piece, among others, will be on the programme
Jean Michel Damase: Flute Concerto 2nd movement Andante – the son of a renowned French harpist who composed his first piece for the piano at the age of 9 years
Mahler (pictured): Symphony No 1 in D major Titan 2nd movement – it took Mahler 15 years to perfect this symphony from the first sketches in 1884 to its publication in 1899
Bach: Double Concerto for two violins in D minor 1st movement Vivace – a popular Baroque piece from 1730
Christmas: In the Bleak Midwinter – an alternative to the well known melody
Christmas: Star Carol – a lively Christmas song from John Rutter
COFFEE BREAK Two beautiful pieces – with the first from a little-known composer
Freidrich Kuhlau: Piano Concerto in C major 2nd movement Adagio – a Danish pianist and composer from a musical family of military band oboists; tune in to find out more
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor 2nd movement Larghetto – a relaxing piece from this quintessential English composer
Christmas: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – from an 1849 poem by Edmund Sears
Christmas: O Tannenbaum – a German ode to the Christmas tree
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances No 4 in F Sousedski – one of his 16 dances this being a calm, swaying Bohemian dance
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D major Reformation 2nd movement Allegro vivace – hear which composer of a grand choral religious piece Mendelssohn admired; this is what he wrote instead
Hamish MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Overture – inspired by a Walter Scott poem and composed when MacCunn was just 19 years
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 1st movement Allegro – originally written for the basset clarinet which has 4 semitones added to its lower range
Christmas: Deck the Halls – take some musical inspiration to get ready for the festive season
