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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: The Spirit of Schubert

Afternoon Concert: The Spirit of Schubert: Episode 2

Episode 2

The Spirit of Schubert

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Spirit of Schubert, Episode 2

The BBC SO in a live performance of Schubert's Symphony No 8 in a 'finished' version.

The BBC SO in a live performance of Schubert's Symphony No 8 in a 'finished' version. Plus Schubert: Overture in D minor, D590; Overture (Alfonso and Estrella); Rosamunde.

The Spirit of Schubert continues in Afternoon on 3 with a Live concert from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze, featuring a completed version of Schubert's "unfinished" 8th Symphony. There's also the complete incidental music to "Rosamunde" with the BBC Philharmonic. In between, we visit Tom Service to see what has been growing in the petri-dishes of the Schubert Lab. The programme ends with a recent BBC Philharmonic recording of Schubert's music for the play Rosamunde, complete with the original overture played at the first performance. 

2pm.
Live from the BBC Studios in Maida Vale

Schubert: Overture (D.590) in D major "in the Italian style"
Schubert: Overture Alfonso und Estrella (D.732)
Schubert/Newbould: Symphony no. 8 (D.759) in B minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra, 
Andrew Manze (conductor)

3.30pm
Schubert: Rosamunde (D.797)
Mary Bevan (soprano),
Martha Jones (mezzo-soprano),
Anthony Gregory (tenor),
Henry Waddington (bass),
Manchester Chamber Choir,
BBC Philharmonic,
Paul Daniel (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The Spirit of Schubert

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Including performances of Schubert symphonies, as chosen by conductor Roy Goodman

Including performances of Schubert symphonies, with conductor Roy Goodman giving his expert choices. Plus Tom Service's Schubert Lab and classic song performances by baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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