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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: Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

Afternoon Concert: Mahler - Conductor and Arranger: Episode 2

Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mahler - Conductor and Arranger, Episode 2

With three symphonies Mahler once conducted - by Schumann, Berlioz and Bruckner.

With three symphonies Mahler once conducted - Schumann, orch Mahler: Symphony No 4. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Bruckner: Symphony No 5. Plus Beethoven: Leonora Overture No 3.

Gustav Mahler was more famous in his lifetime as a conductor than as a composer. His concert repertoire was enormous and today's programme, presented by Louise Fryer, includes three very different symphonies, all of which Mahler performed. His own re-orchestration of Schumann's 4th is a fascinating document - Mahler 'helping' Schumann to improve his orchestration. 

Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn, conductor

Schumann orch Mahler: Symphony No.4
NDR Radio Philharmonic
Xian Zhang, conductor

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Bruckner: Symphony No.5
Berlin Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

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 a series focusing on Mahler's work as a conductor and arranger

Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes focusing on Mahler's work as a conductor and arranger. In his lifetime he was more famous as a conductor than a composer

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