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Afternoon on 3: York Bowen and His World

Afternoon Concert: York Bowen and His World: Episode 3

Episode 3

York Bowen and His World

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

Louise Fryer presents York Bowen's Piano Concerto No 4, plus Britten, Bartok and Ravel.

With Louise Fryer. Britten: Phaedra. Bowen: Piano Concerto No 4. Bartok: Rhapsody No 1. Shostakovich, compl. Rozhdestvensky: New Babylon (excerpts). Ravel: Piano Concerto in D.

This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme centres around the year 1929 which not only saw the composition of Bowen's Piano Concerto no. 4, but also Bartok's 1st Rhapsody, Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, and Shostakovich's music for the silent film New Babylon.

Presented by Louise Fryer

2pm
Britten: Phaedra 
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Bowen: Piano Concerto no. 4 in A minor, Op. 88 
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

3pm
Bartok: Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin)
Andrew Armstrong (piano)

Shostakovich (completed Rozhdestvensky): New Babylon - extracts
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.35pm
Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
Artur Pizarro (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Malkki (cond).

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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