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Afternoon on 3: BBC Philharmonic at 75

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic at 75: Episode 1

BBC Philharmonic at 75

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic at 75, Episode 1

The BBC Philharmonic perform Glazunov, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Haydn, Bartok and Nielsen.

Louise Fryer with a celebration of the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday. Glazunov: Chopiniana. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture. Elgar: Cello Concerto. Plus Haydn, Bartok and Nielsen.

Louise Fryer presents a week celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from the last year.  Highlights include the BBC's Manchester-based orchestra in Haydn Symphonies and Bartok Concertos, with many of the artists most closely associated with the orchestra - including Principal Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, composer/conductor H K Gruber, pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Chief Guest Conductor Vassily Sinaisky.

Glazunov: Chopiniana
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

2.30pm
Elgar: Cello Concerto             
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G "Oxford"         
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.20pm
Bartok: Violin Concerto no. 2    
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 "The Inextinguishable"
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic at 75

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Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season in 2010

Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from 2009

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