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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 4

Episode 4

Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mendelssohn Symphony Cycle, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents the BBCNOW performing Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2.

Penny Gore presents the BBCNOW performing Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2, with Veronique Gens (soprano). Plus music by Hummel and Roussel.

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.

Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom (conductor)

3.15pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2
Veronique Gens (soprano)
Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Robert Tear (tenor)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.35pm
Roussel: Symphony No 3
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (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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