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Afternoon on 3: York Bowen and His World

Afternoon Concert: York Bowen and His World: Episode 2

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York Bowen and His World

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, York Bowen and His World, Episode 2

Louise Fryer presents York Bowen's Piano Concerto No 3, plus Rachmaninov, Britten, Holst.

With Louise Fryer. Bowen: Piano Concerto No 3. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2. Britten: Sinfonietta. Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps). Bowen: Symphony No 2. Holst: Beni Mora.

This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme includes Bowen's 3rd Piano Concerto, paired with Rachmaninov's Symphony no. 2 which was also written in 1907, and with Bowen's own Second Symphony alongside other English works written the same year by his more famous contemporaries.

Presented by Louise Fryer

2pm
Bowen: Piano Concerto no. 3 in G major, Op.23 
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.25pm
Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps - Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales 
Grant Llewellyn (cond)uctor)

3.50pm
Bowen: Symphony no. 2 in E minor 
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Holst: Beni Mora 
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: York Bowen and His World

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Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the music of the neglected composer York Bowen

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating the musical world of the neglected English composer York Bowen on the 50th anniversary of his death

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