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Afternoon on 3: BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy, Episode 1

Louise Fryer with music by Vaughan Williams, Debussy Scriabin and Judith Bingham.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis. Debussy: Fantaisie; Prelude a l'apres-midi d' un faune. Bingham: Shakespeare Requiem.

This week Afternoon on 3 features French music, centred around the BBC Philharmonic's Reflections on Debussy series celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. Kathryn Stott joins the orchestra for Debussy's luscious Fantaisie, before more opulent romanticism in Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy. Plus, to mark Shakespeare's 448th birthday, Judith Bingham's Shakespeare Requiem - which combines the Latin Mass with speeches from Shakespearian monarchs.

Presented by Louise Fryer. 

2pm
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Debussy: Fantaisie
Debussy: Prelude à l' apres-midi d' un faune
Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy
Kathryn Stott (piano),
BBC Philharmonic,
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor).

3.10pm
Casella: Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 61
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

3.40pm
Bingham: Shakespeare Requiem for soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra
Mary Plazas (soprano),
Giles Underwood (bass),
Leeds Festival Chorus,
BBC Philharmonic,
Simon Wright (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy

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The BBC Philharmonic's celebration of the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth

Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes centring on the BBC Philharmonic's celebration of the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth

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