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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle

Afternoon Concert: Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle: Episode 3

Episode 3

Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle, Episode 3

Penny Gore presents the BBCNOW under Rumon Gamba in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4.

Penny Gore presents the BBCNOW under Rumon Gamba in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4. Plus Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits) as well as CPE Bach and Schubert.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Part of a series marking the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, featuring BBC recordings of all five of his orchestral symphonies.

Weber: Overture (The Ruler of the Spirits)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

CPE Bach: Sonata for oboe and continuo
Alexei Ogrintcouk (oboe)
David McGuinness (harpsichord)
Sebastian Comberti (cello)

Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Great)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle

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A series of all five symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn, a Radio 3 Composer of the Year 2009

A series of all five symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn, a Radio 3 Composer of the Year in 2009. Plus recordings of the BBC performing groups in other orchestral works he wrote

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