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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: In Concert at the Concertgebouw

Afternoon Concert: In Concert at the Concertgebouw: Episode 1

Episode 1

In Concert at the Concertgebouw

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, In Concert at the Concertgebouw, Episode 1

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Haydn, Martinu, Schumann. Plus de Lalande, Poulenc, Bizet

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Haydn: Symphony No 90. Martinu: 3 Frescoes of Piero della Francesca. Schumann: Symphony No 2. Plus music by de Lalande, Poulenc and Bizet.

This week Afternoon on 3 broadcasts concerts from one of the world's finest concert halls, The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. We'll hear from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plus other orchestras and ensembles who have visited the venue in the last few months.

Haydn: Symphony No. 90 in C major
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Martinu: Three Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

2.50pm
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

3.30pm
De Lalande: Suite No. 6 from 'Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy' 
Les Talens Lyriques 
Christophe Rousset, director

Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra 
Arthur Jussen & Lucas Jussen, pianos 
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 
Michael Schonwandt, conductor

4.15pm
Bizet: Excerpts from 'L'Arlesienne' Suites Nos 1 and 2
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 
Michael Schonwandt, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: In Concert at the Concertgebouw

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Concerts given at one of the world's finest concert halls - the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

Concerts given at one of the world's finest concert halls - the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With performances by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plus other visiting orchestras and ensembles

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