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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 1

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Episode 1

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

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Strauss, Haydn, Brahms, Wallace and Shostakovich.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Strauss: Don Juan. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C. Brahms: Symphony No 1. Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice. Shostakovich: Symphony No 1.

This week Louise Fryer presents recent concerts by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with a special focus on cello concertos and some of Shostakovich's best known works. 

Today Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC SSO at the City Halls in Glasgow in a romantic programme - from the heroic overture Don Juan to the life-affirming warmth of Brahms towering first symphony, via Haydn's tuneful Cello Concerto. The orchestra also explores music written closer to home by the heroically named William Wallace and Shostakovich's 1st symphony with Swiss maestro Stefan Blunier. 

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major
Martin Storey (cello)

2.40pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

3.30pm
William Wallace: The Passing of Beatrice
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Stefan Blunier (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Louise Fryer presents recent concerts given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Louise Fryer presents a series featuring recent concerts by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with a special focus on cello concertos and some of Shostakovich's best known works.

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