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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: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3

Katie Derham presents the BBC SSO in music by Somervell, Walton, Messiaen and Mahler.

Katie Derham presents performances by the BBC SSO. Somervell: Piano Concerto (Highland) (soloist Martin Roscoe). Walton: Siesta. Messiaen: Un sourire. Mahler: Symphony No 8.

The final programme this week featuring concert performances by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and their family of conductors culminates in a thrilling performance of Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand from last year's Edinburgh Festival under the baton of Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles and featuring a stellar cast. We also hear the orchestra's Artist-in-Association Matthias Pintscher, who conducts the BBC SSO in Messiaen's Un Sourire - A Smile. And the programme starts with brand-new CD recordings of British music.

Presented by Katie Derham.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in complete concerts performed around Scotland

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays complete concerts from around Scotland, featuring their family of conductors - Donald Runnicles, Ilan Volkov, Andrew Manze and Matthias Pintscher

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