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Performance on 3: Szymanowski, Dvorak, Prokofiev

Performance on 3: Szymanowski, Dvorak, Prokofiev: Episode 1: Part 1

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Szymanowski, Dvorak, Prokofiev

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Szymanowski, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Part 1

From the Barbican Hall. BBC SO/Alexander Vedernikov in Szymanowski and Dvorak.

From the Barbican Hall, London. BBC Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Vedernikov. Szymanowski: Concert Overture. Dvorak: Violin Concerto (soloist: Frank Peter Zimmermann).

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert live from the Barbican Hall in London.

Slavic flavours and great melodies are to the fore in tonight's concert of orchestral music from Eastern Europe. From Poland, Szymanowski's Concert Overture dates from the early 1900s. Distinguished German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann takes the solo spotlight in Dvorak's evergreen Violin Concerto, while the programme's second half holds the compelling Third Symphony of Prokofiev, dating from the turbulent Soviet 1920s.

Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Dvorak: Violin Concerto

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Vedernikov.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Petroc Trelawny presents a concert of orchestral music from Eastern Europe

From the Barbican Hall, London, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert of orchestral music from Eastern Europe, featuring Slavic flavours and great melodies

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