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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: BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary: Episode 4

BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary, Episode 4

The BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Mozart, Turnage, Bernstein and Suk.

Louise Fryer presents a celebration of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Mozart: Mass in C minor. Turnage: Your Rockaby. Bernstein: Symphony No 1. Suk: Asrael Symphony.

On 22nd October 1930 in the Queen's Hall, London, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave it's inaugral concert. To conclude our week of performances by the Orchestra and its twelve Chief Conductors celebrating 80 years of great music-making we come up to date with performances from the 1990s and 2000s by Sir Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin and Jiri Belohlavek - at home and abroad. Presented by Louise Fryer.

2.00pm
Mozart: Mass in C minor 
Laura Aikin, soprano
Emma Bell, soprano 
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
James Rutherford, bass 
BBC Symphony Chorus
David Robertson, conductor

2.55pm
Turnage: Your Rockaby 
Martin Robertson, saxophone
Sir Andrew Davis 

3.20pm
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 (Jeremiah) 
Michelle de Young, mezzo-soprano 
Leonard Slatkin, conductor 

3.50pm
Suk: Asrael Symphony 
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra 80th Annversary

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.

Louise Fryer presents an 80th birthday celebration of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

To mark the 80th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Louise Fryer presents performances by the orchestra and its 12 chief conductors since 1930

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