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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: Piano Concertos

Afternoon Concert: Piano Concertos: Episode 1

Episode 1

Piano Concertos

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Piano Concertos, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents piano concertos by Bowen and Gershwin. Plus Bloch and Mendelssohn.

Penny Gore presents a series focusing on piano concertos. Including Bowen: Piano Concerto No 3. Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F. Plus music by Bloch, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Adams.

Piano Concertos

The piano has inspired composers to write more concertos than for any other instrument, and this week Penny Gore introduces a varied selection. Well loved war horses such as those by Gershwin, Schumann and Rachmaninov sit alongside lesser known but equally attractive examples by Malcolm Arnold, Scriabin and Jolivet.


Bloch: Concerto grosso no. 1 for string orchestra and piano obbligato 
Leon McCawley (piano) 
Strings of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Layton (director)

Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A minor "Scottish" 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

York Bowen: Piano Concerto No 3 in G 
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F "Pastoral"
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Adams: Slonimsky's earbox 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F 
Stewart Goodyear (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Piano Concertos

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Penny Gore presents piano concertos, from the well-loved to the lesser-known

The piano has inspired composers to write more concertos than for any other instrument. Penny Gore introduces a varied selection of piano concertos, with well-loved works alongside lesser-known ones

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