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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 3

Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

Episode 3

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

With Mahler's own versions of Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor and Symphony No 9.

With two works by Beethoven played in Mahler's own performing versions. String Quartet in F minor; Symphony No 9. Plus Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel.

Mahler was more famous in his lifetime as a conductor than as a composer and today's programme, presented by Louise Fryer, includes two works by Beethoven, played in Mahler's own performing versions. The first is an 'amplified' string quartet and the programme ends with Mahler's re-orchestration of the choral 9th symphony. The programme also includes two colourful scores, both of which Mahler conducted several times. 

Berlioz: Overture - Roman Carnival
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor

Beethoven arr. Mahler: String Quartet in F Minor Op.95
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor

R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Beethoven arr. Mahler: Symphony No.9
Gabriele Fontana, soprano
Barbara Hölzl, contralto
Arnold Bezuyen, tenor
Reinhard Mayr, bass
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria
Kristjan Järvi, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Mahler - Conductor and Arranger

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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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