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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 Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams, Diepenbrock, Shostakovich, Schubert, Bruckner.

Focus on the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis. Diepenbrock: Die Nacht. Shostakovich: String Quartet No 10. Schubert: Songs.

From this autumn Afternoon on 3 features enhanced coverage of the BBC's orchestras and BBC Singers - launched this week by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. They start with a performance celebrating Sir Henry Wood in the wake of the BBC Proms, and end with a concert under the dynamic Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard, featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artist Henk Neven singing Schubert. In between, a sumptuous nocturne from Vaughan Williams's Dutch contemporary (and friend of Mahler) Alphons Diepenbrock, and dark Shostakovich quartet music played by the full strings of the BBC SO, directed by their leader Andrew Haveron.

c. 14:00
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leo Hussain (conductor)

c. 14:20
Diepenbrock: Die Nacht
Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor)

c. 14:35
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 (arr. for string orchestra)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Haveron (director)

c. 15:00
Schubert: Songs
Henk Neven (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

c. 15:25
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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A series of programmes featuring performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

A series of programmes featuring performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as part of Afternoon on 3's enhanced coverage of concerts by the BBC orchestras

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