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Afternoon on 3: 49th Parallel North

Afternoon Concert: 49th Parallel North: Episode 4

Episode 4

49th Parallel North

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 49th Parallel North, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents music by Weill, Saint-Saens, Tartini, Dvorak and Mahler.

Penny Gore with music recorded in venues on the US/Canada border. With Saint Saens: Piano Concerto No 5; Tartini: Devil's Trill; Mahler: Symphony No 8; Dvorak: Serenade in D minor.

Penny Gore presents music recorded in the cities and towns along the US/Canadian border, often known by its circle of latitude: 49th parallel north.

Weill: Concerto for violin and winds
Steven Copes (violin)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 5 in F, Op 103 (Egyptian)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi (conductor)

2.55pm
Tartini: Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, B g5 (Devil's Trill)
Dale Barltrop (violin)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Michael Christie (conductor)

Dvorak: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments, Op 44 
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Michael Christie (conductor)

3.35pm
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (Symphony of a thousand)
Turid Karlsen, Monique Page, Shannon Mercer (soprano)
Susan Platts, Anita Krause, Vinson Cole (mezzo-soprano)
Nathaniel Watson (baritone)
Denis Sedov (bass)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Laval University Music Faculty Chorus
Quebec Conservatory Chorus
Laval University Chorus
Les Rhapsodes Chorus
Choeur du Vallon
Anamnese Chorus
Choeur de l'Annonciation
Levis Polyphonic Chorus
Saint-Laurent Chorus Choristers
Children's Choir of the Petits Chanteurs de Quebec
Les Petits Chanteurs de Charlesbourg
Quebec Polyphonia Ensemble
Quebec Conservatory Vocal Ensemble
Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra
Orchestras of the Laval University Music Faculty and the Quebec Conservatory
Quebec Symphony Orchestra
Yoav Talmi (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: 49th Parallel North

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