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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: Thursday Opera Matinee

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee: Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen

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Music: Classical: Opera

Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen

17/02/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert

A concert by the BBC SSO. Plus Thursday Opera Matinee: Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen.

Jamie MacDougall presents the BBC SSO performing music by Dvorak, Grieg (with soprano Malin Christensson) and Sibelius. Plus Thursday Opera Matinee: Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen.

LIVE from the City Halls in Glasgow, presented by Jamie MacDougall. Radio 3 New Generation Artist soprano Malin Christensson sings a selection of songs by Grieg, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra end with music by a composer with whom they have a close affinity, Sibelius' Third Symphony.

Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rory MacDonald (conductor)

2.25pm
Grieg: Solveig's Song; Solveig's Cradle Song; En Svane; Varen
Malin Christensson (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rory MacDonald (conductor)

2.40pm
Sibelius: Symphony no. 3
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rory MacDonald (conductor)

3.15pm
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Presented by Louise Fryer

Bystrouska, the Cunning Little Vixen ..... Rosemary Joshua
Forester ..... Alan Opie
Forester's Wife ..... Sim Tokyurek
Schoolmaster ..... Ian Thompson
Priest ..... Laszlo Polgar
Harasta, poultry dealer ..... David Wakeham
Fox (Zlatohrbitek) ..... Anna Katharina Behnke
Lapak, the dog ..... Ernesto Panariello
Cock ..... Gregori Bonfatti
Hen (Chocholka) ..... Giovanna Donadini
Mosquito ..... Nicola Pamio
Badger ..... Luigi Roni
Woodpecker ..... David Livermore
Owl ..... Adelina Scarabelli
Jay ..... Gemma Gabriella Stimola

La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee

Thursday Opera Matinee

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Series of operas performed at venues around the world. Singers such as Bryn Terfel, Anna Netrebko, Simon Keenlyside and Joyce DiDonato perform under conductors including Seiji Ozawa and Simon Rattle

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