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Afternoon Concert

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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: Italy

Afternoon Concert: Italy: Episode 1

Italy

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Italy, Episode 1

BBC Philharmonic in Rossini, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Dallapiccola and Beethoven.

Performances by the BBC Philharmonic. Rossini: Overture (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Haydn: Symphony No 101. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Plus Schumann, Dallapiccola and Beethoven.

This week's programmes feature the BBC Philharmonic and there's an Italian theme - Italian music (including some 20th-century rarities), Italian musicians and concerts given in Italy. There are Haydn symphonies too, and concerts from the orchestra's recent tour of Germany


Rossini: The Barber of Seville - overture
BBC Philharmonic 
Gianandrea Noseda

Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D (Clock)
BBC Philharmonic 
Nicholas Kraemer

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Janine Jansen (viollin)
BBC Philharmonic 
Gianandrea Noseda

Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat "Spring"
BBC Philharmonic 
Gianandrea Noseda

Dallapiccola: Due Pezzi for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda

Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F "Pastoral"
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda.

Afternoon Concert: Italy

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Performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including pieces with an Italian theme

Performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including pieces with an Italian theme - Italian works, Italian musicians and concerts given in Italy

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