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Afternoon on 3: Dresden and Leipzig

Afternoon Concert: Dresden and Leipzig: Episode 3

Episode 3

Dresden and Leipzig

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

Staatskapelle Dresden in Berlioz, Ravel. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Beethoven.

Music from the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Berlioz: Overture (Le carnaval romain). Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. Bach: Nun danket alle Gott.

This week's Afternoon on 3 features performances from the Dresden Staatskapelle and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras. Today includes Martha Argerich as soloist in Ravel's G major Piano Concerto, and Beethoven's Symphony no.4 with the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Trevor Pinnock. 

Presented by Louise Fryer.

2.30pm
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain - overture

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Martha Argerich (piano)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Charles Dutoit (conductor) 

3.15pm
Bach: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV.192
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Damien Guillon (alto)
Colin Balzer (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

3.20pm
Beethoven: Symphony no.4 in B flat major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Trevor Pinnock (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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