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Afternoon on 3: Dresden and Leipzig

Afternoon Concert: Dresden and Leipzig: Episode 4

Dresden and Leipzig

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dresden and Leipzig, Episode 4

Staatskapelle Dresden in Bruckner. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mendelssohn and Bach.

Music from the Staatskapelle Dresden and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt. Cherubini: Ali Baba (excpt). Bach: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht.

This week's Afternoon on 3 features performances from the Dresden Staatskapelle and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras. Today's programme includes the introduction of Cherubini's opera Ali Baba, and a performance by the Dresden Staatskapelle of Bruckner's mighty 4th Symphony, the 'Romantic'.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

2.30pm
Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt

Cherubini: Ali Baba - Introduction
Morgiane...Angela Bic (soprano)
Delia...Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Ali Baba...Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Chorus
Leipzig Vocal Consort
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

3pm
Bach: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV.197
Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Damien Guillon (alto)
Colin Balzer (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

3.30pm
Bruckner: Symphony no.4 in E flat major 'Romantic'
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christoph Eschenbach (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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