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

Afternoon on 3: Schumann

Afternoon Concert: Schumann: Episode 4

Schumann

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Schumann, Episode 4

Katie Derham presents Act 3 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Plus music by Schumann.

Katie Derham presents Act 3 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Plus music by Schumann: Elias Quartet in Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 and the Dresden Staatskapelle in Symphony No 3.

Katie Derham presents performances from around Europe to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann.

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Act 3

Tristan ...... Robert Dean Smith (tenor) 
Isolde ...... Violetta Urmana (soprano) 
Brangane ...... Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano)
Kurwenal ....... Bo Skovhus (baritone)
King Marke ...... Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle

3.20pm
Schumann: Quartet in A minor op.41 no.1
Elias Quartet

Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor 'Trauer' 
MDR Symphony Orchestra 
Conductor: Jun Markl

4.20pm
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat op.97 'Rhenish'
Dresden Staatskapelle 
Conductor: Daniel Harding.

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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