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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: On Tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: On Tour and at Home with the BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 2

On Tour and at Home with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, On Tour and at Home with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 2

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Schumann, Sibelius, Beethoven, Kodaly, Martinu and Wagner.

Penny Gore with performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Schumann: Genoveva Overture. Sibelius: Violin Concerto. Beethoven: Symphony No 3. Plus Kodaly, Martinu and Wagner.

Penny Gore presents a week featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece. Today John Storgards conducts them in music by Schumann, Sibelius and Beethoven in the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen and Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek conducts Wagner at the stunning new Auditorio Miguel Delibes in Valladolid, central Spain.

Schumann: Genoveva Overture 
John Storgards, conductor

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
John Storgards, conductor

2.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica"
John Storgards, conductor

3.45pm
Kodaly: Galanta Dances 
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

4.05pm
Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto 
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

4.25pm
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder 
Dagmar Peckova, mezzo-soprano
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: On Tour and at Home with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece

Penny Gore presents a series of concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on tour in Germany, Spain and Greece with chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek

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