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Afternoon Concert

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

Afternoon on 3: European Festivals

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals: Episode 2

Episode 2

European Festivals

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, European Festivals, Episode 2

Jonathan Swain presents early music by Schutz, Purcell and Buxtehude.

Jonathan Swain presents early music from 2009's European festivals. Including Schutz: O lieber Herr Gott. Purcell: Fantasias a 3 and a 4. Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino.

Afternoon on 3 with Jonathan Swain, presenting a week of Early Music from some of last year's most exciting European festivals.

2pm 
Schutz: O lieber Herr Gott
La Chapelle Rhenane, Benoit Haller (director)

2.05pm
Purcell: Three Fantasias a 3
John Ward: Three Fantasias a 6
Phantasm

2.25pm 
Buxtehude: Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun; Ich bin der Auferstehung und das Leben; Jubilate Domino
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Ton Koopman (director)

3pm
Purcell: Three Fantasias a 4
John Jenkins: Two Fantasias and a Pavane a 6 
Phantasm

3.20pm 
Schutz: Herr, der du bist vormals genadig gewest deinem Lande
La Chapelle Rhenane, Benoit Haller (director)

3.35pm
Purcell: Three Fantasias a 4
Phantasm

3.50pm 
Buxtehude: Frohlocket mit Handen; Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken; Jesu, meines Lebens Leben; Benediciam in omni tempore
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Ton Koopman (director).

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals

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Series of early music performances from some of 2009's European festivals

Series of early music performances from some of 2009's most exciting European festivals

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