This podcast introduces two works by Karl Weigl (1881-1949), his Symphony No. 3 and the Symphonic Prelude to a Tragedy. Both were written at the beginning of the 1930s but then suffered from decades of neglect. Weigl drew on the sound world of late Romanticism, never abandoning this aesthetic in favour of more progressive contemporary trends. Happily, his distinctive style can now be savoured in these long-awaited world premiere recordings. Raymond Bisha presents.

Ronald Stevenson was a virtuoso pianist as well as being a prolific composer and arranger whose music is featured on a new album with pianist Peter Jablonski. In this podcast Peter Jablonski talks about his recent album of some of Stevenson's works, especially his arrangements for the piano of music by composers such as Britten, Purcell, Paderewski, Mozart and Wagner. As Jablonski says in his interview, Ronald Stevenson was an extraordinary musician who also understood the capabilities of the piano as few composers do.

Conductor John Jeter has been central to the rediscovery and representation of Florence Price's orchestral works. In this podcast, he discusses with Raymond Bisha his latest recording of her piano concerto and her two violin concertos, the only works she composed in the genre. The early First Violin Concerto, with shades of Tchaikovsky and undertones of the blues, stands in contrast to the Second, written shortly before her death, more dramatic, contemporary and compact. The Piano Concerto in One Movement, which Price herself performed, contains some of her most beautiful music set alongside moments of Romantic bravura.