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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: Beethoven Symphony Cycle

Afternoon Concert: Beethoven Symphony Cycle: Episode 1

Episode 1

Beethoven Symphony Cycle

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents music including Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and 3.

With Penny Gore. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and 3. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C. Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op 48.

Throughout the week, Penny Gore presents a celebrated Beethoven Symphony cycle from Paavo Jarvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, recorded in performances at the Beethoven Hall, Bonn. There's also music from the best attended concert series in the Netherlands, The Sunday Morning Concert from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, op. 21 
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jarvi, conductor

2.25
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 
Edward Gardner, conductor

2.40
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C
Pieter Wispelwey, cello 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta 
Candida Thompson, director

3.10
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36 
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jarvi, conductor

3.40
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta 
Candida Thompson, director

4.15
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 'Eroica'
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jarvi, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Beethoven Symphony Cycle

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Penny Gore presents the Beethoven symphonies from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Penny Gore presents a full cycle of Beethoven symphonies from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Plus music from the best attended concert series in the Netherlands - the Sunday Morning Concert

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