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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: Schumann

Afternoon Concert: Schumann: Episode 2

Schumann

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Schumann, Episode 2

With Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor. Plus music by Rachmaninov, Ravel and Bartok.

Presented by Katie Derham. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54 (soloist - Marth Argerich); Etudes Symphoniques (soloist - Ingrid Fliter). Plus Rachmaninov, Ravel and Bartok.

Katie Derham presents performances from around Europe celebrating Schumann's 200th anniversary.

Weber: Invitation to the Dance
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin 
Conductor: Charles Dutoit 

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op 54
Martha Argerich (piano)
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin 
Conductor: Charles Dutoit 

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Op 45
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin 
Conductor: Charles Dutoit 

3.20pm
Ravel: La Valse
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin 
Conductor: Charles Dutoit 

Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques
Ingrid Fliter (piano)

4.15pm
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra 
Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski.

Afternoon Concert: Schumann

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Katie Derham introduces performances of Schumann's music from around Europe

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, Katie Derham introduces performances of the Romantic composer's music from around Europe

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