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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 Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music for the Royal Court

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music for the Royal Court: Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music for the Royal Court

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music for the Royal Court, Episode 4

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC Philharmonic in music by Sibelius, Beethoven and Nielsen.

With Penny Gore. Sibelius: Wood Nymph. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (with Martin Roscoe). Nielsen: Symphony No 2. Plus the BBC Singers in music by Tomkins, Milton and Weelkes.

Penny Gore presents a concert given last week by the BBC Philharmonic. And the BBC Singers conclude this week's exploration of five centuries of music for the British Royal Court with a concert of music composed to mark the premature death in November 1612 of the bright and promising Prince Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales. With his early demise the heirship to the English and Scottish thrones passed to his younger brother, the ill-fated Charles.
Music for Prince Henry includes many moving settings by the finest English and Scottish composers of the time including:

Tomkins:Know you not that a great Prince has died 
Ramsey: Sleep, Fleshly Birth 
Weelkes: David's Lament for Jonathan 
Tomkins: When David Heard; Then David Mourned 
John Milton: When David Heard 
The BBC Singers, James McVinnie (chamber organ), Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

approx 2.45pm
Sibelius: Wood Nymph 
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

approx 3.05pm
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat 'Emperor,' Op. 73, 
Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

approx 3.45pm 
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 'The Four Temperaments' 
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers in music for the Royal Court

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.

Penny Gore presents music from the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes featuring performances by the BBC Philharmonic. Plus the BBC Singers covering centuries of music for the British Royal Court

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