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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 3

Schumann

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Schumann, Episode 3

With Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor; Kreisleriana. Plus Mendelsssohn and Strauss.

Katie Derham with a Schumann celebration. With his Violin Concerto in D minor (soloist - Nikolaj Znaider); Kreisleriana (Cedric Tiberghien - piano). Plus Mendelssohn and Strauss.

Katie Derham celebrates Schumann's 200th anniversary by featuring specially recorded performances from around Europe.

Mendelssohn: Das MÃ¤rchen von der schÃ¶nen Melusine - concert overture op. 32 
Dresden Staatskapelle
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor
Nikolaj Znaider : violin
Dresden Staatskapelle
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

2.50pm
Schumann: Kreisleriana
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

3.25pm
Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
MDR Symphony Orchestra 
Conductor: Jun MÃ¤rkl.

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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