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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: Berlin Orchestras

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Orchestras: Episode 3

Episode 3

Berlin Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Berlin Orchestras, Episode 3

Marek Janowski conducts the Berlin Radio SO in Act 3 of Wagner's Die Meistersinger.

Louise Fryer presents the Berlin Radio SO in Act 3 of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. Plus the Berlin Philharmonic under Riccardo Chailly in Respighi's Pines of Rome.

Louise Fryer concludes a week of performances from Berlin with Act 3 of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg in a highly acclaimed performance conducted by Marek Janowski with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus . 

c.2.00pm
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Act 3

Hans Sachs ..... Albert Dohmen (baritone)
Veit Pogner ..... Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Kunz Vogelgesang ..... Clemens Bieber (tenor)
Konrad Nachtigall ..... Sebastian Noack (bass)
Sixtus Beckmesser ..... Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Fritz Kothner ..... Detlef Roth (bass)
Balthasar Zorn ..... Timothy Fallon (tenor)
Ulrich Eisslinger ..... Tobias Ebenstein (tenor)
Augustin Moser ..... Thorsten Scharnke (tenor)
Hermann Ortel ..... Tobias Berndt (bass)
Hans Schwarz ..... Greg Ryerson (bass)
Hans Foltz ..... Kouta Rasanen (bass)
Walther von Stolzing ..... Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
David ..... Christoph Strehl (tenor)
Eva ..... Edith Haller (soprano)
Magdalena ..... Michelle Breedt (soprano)
Nightwatchman ..... Matti Salminen (bass).

Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski (conductor)

c.4.05pm
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Orchestras

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.

Louise Fryer presents a series of performances given by Berlin's greatest orchestras

Louise Fryer presents performances given by Berlin's greatest orchestras. With music from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Berlin Staatskapelle, and the Berlin Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

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