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Afternoon on 3: Dresden and Leipzig

Afternoon Concert: Dresden and Leipzig: Episode 2

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Dresden and Leipzig

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dresden and Leipzig, Episode 2

Staatskapelle Dresden in Strauss. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Bach and Prokofiev.

Music from the Staatskapelle Dresden and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra. Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3.

This week Afternoon on 3 features performances from the Dresden Staatskapelle and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras. Today's programme includes Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto, and Brahms Symphony no 1.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

2.30pm
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Dresden Staatskapelle
Zubin Mehta (conductor)

3.05pm
Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV.119
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Damien Guillon (alto)
Colin Balzer (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

3.30pm
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.3 in C major
Bernd Glemser (piano)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor)

4pm
Brahms: Symphony no.1 in C minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Dmitri Kitaenko (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Dresden and Leipzig

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Louise Fryer celebrates the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents a celebration of two venerable German performing groups - the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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