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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: Barber/Schuman Centenary

Afternoon Concert: Barber/Schuman Centenary: Episode 2

Episode 2

Barber/Schuman Centenary

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Barber/Schuman Centenary, Episode 2

With Penny Gore. Barber: School for Scandal Overture. Schuman: New England Triptych.

With Penny Gore. Barber: School for Scandal Overture; Knoxville Summer of 1915; Symphony No 2. Dvorak: Violin Concerto (soloist Hilary Hahn). William Schuman: New England Triptych.

Penny Gore presents a week of programmes celebrating the centenary of Samuel Barber and William Schuman.

The Curtis Institute in Philadelphia was founded in 1924 by the daughter of media magnate Cyrus Curtis, with advice from Stokowski and Josef Hoffmann. A 14 year old Samuel Barber enrolled as a student in that first year.

In today's programme we can hear two of Barber's most popular works: the Overture "School for Scandal" and "Knoxville - Summer of 1915", as well as the less well known 2nd Symphony, which Barber wrote in 1943 when he was serving with the Army Air Corps - and specially recorded for the programme by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with conductor Baldur Bronnimann.

We can also hear 2 graduates from the Curtis Institute- violinist Hilary Hahn in Dvorak's Violin Concerto, and pianist Jonathan Biss playing Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata.

2.30pm
Barber: Overture School for Scandal
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

2.40pm
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn, violin
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

3.10pm
Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
Ruby Hughes, soprano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Johannes Wildner, conductor

3.25pm
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano Op.57 "Appassionata"
Jonathan Biss, piano

3.45pm
Barber: Symphony No.2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Baldur Bronnimann, conductor

William Schuman: New England Triptych
BBC Philharmonic
Clark Rundell, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Barber/Schuman Centenary

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A celebraton of the work of American composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman.

A celebraton of the work of American composers Samuel Barber and William Schuman. With performances by graduates of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute - connected with both composers

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