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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 4

Episode 4

In Concert at the Concertgebouw

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, In Concert at the Concertgebouw, Episode 4

Music from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam: Beethoven, Berlioz, Respighi, Haydn and Elgar.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven: Symphony No 1. Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete. Respighi: Pines of Rome. Plus Netherlands Orchestra in Beethoven, Haydn and Elgar.

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.


Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete
Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Mariss Jansons, conductor

2.55pm
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 
Andrew Manze, conductor

Haydn: Symphony No.103 in E flat "Drumroll"
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic 
Andrew Manze, conductor

4.00pm
Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A flat 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 
Alexander Lazarev, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: In Concert at the Concertgebouw

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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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