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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 4

Episode 4

Beethoven Symphony Cycle

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents music including Beethoven's Symphonies Nos 8 and 9.

With Penny Gore. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 8 and 9. Bach: Motet, BWV225; Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066. Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental Music (A Midsummer Night's Dream).

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Paavo Jarvi reach the end of their acclaimed Beethoven cycle with symphonies 8 and 9, the mighty "Choral". Plus Bach and Mendelssohn from Amsterdam. Presented by Penny Gore.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, op. 93 
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jarvi, conductor

2.30
J.S. Bach: Motet - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 
Il Gardellino 
Cappella Amsterdam 
Daniel Reuss, director 

2.45
Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental music from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", op. 61 
Sophie Bevan, soprano 
Cora Burggraaf, mezzo-soprano 
Collegium Vocale, Ghent 
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor 

3.30
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 
Il Gardellino 
Daniel Reuss, director 

3.55
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 ('Choral')
Christiane Oelze, soprano 
Annely Peebo, contralto 
Simon O'Neill, tenor 
Dietrich Henschel, baritone 
Deutsche Kammerchor,
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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