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Afternoon on 3: Norway and Sweden

Afternoon Concert: Norway and Sweden: Episode 4

Episode 4

Norway and Sweden

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Norway and Sweden, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents music including Gustavo Dudamel with the Gothenburg SO in Beethoven.

Penny Gore presents music including Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Gothenburg SO in Beethoven, Swedish soprano Elin Rombo and Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting a work by Borgstrom.

Penny Gore presents a celebration of the musical life of Norway and Sweden, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven, and young Swedish soprano Elin Rombo singing music from France and her native land.

Plus veteran Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky with the Oslo Philharmonic in a revival of a notable Norwegian orchestral work from 1916, alongside the biggest symphony written by a man the orchestra have made their speciality - Tchaikovsky.

Schubert: Finale (Octet)
Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival Ensemble

Svendsen: Romeo and Juliet
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 8
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Hjalmar Borgstrom: The Thought
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Selection of songs
Elin Rombo (soprano)
Magnus Svensson (piano)

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Norway and Sweden

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A taste of the music of Norway and Sweden, at an important time culturally for them

A chance to taste the musical life of Norway and Sweden, at an important time culturally for both nations

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