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Afternoon on 3: Dutch Orchestras and Ensembles

Afternoon Concert: Dutch Orchestras and Ensembles: Episode 4

Episode 4

Dutch Orchestras and Ensembles

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dutch Orchestras and Ensembles, Episode 4

Louise Fryer with music by Schubert, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bach and Smetana.

Louise Fryer with music from Dutch ensembles. Schubert: Overture in C in the Italian Style. Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op 47. Prokofiev: Symphony No 5. Bach: Orchestral Suite No 2.

In the final programme of this week's focus on Dutch orchestras and ensembles the Royal Concertgebouw under Valery Gergiev perform Prokofiev and Sibelius, for which they are joined by Leonidas Kavakos. Plus Combattimento Consort Amsterdam perform Bach, and Residentie Orchestra, The Hague play Smetana. 

Presented by Louise Fryer.

2pm
Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style in C, D.591
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Olari Elts (conductor)

2.10pm
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op,47
Prokofiev: Symphony no.5 in B flat, Op.100
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (condouctor)

3.30pm
Stravinsky: Variations on Von Himmel hoch da komm' ich her' by Bach, BWV.769
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

Bach: Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV.1067
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)

4pm
Smetana: Ma Vlast; Vysehrad & Vltava
Residentie Orchestra, The Hague
Krzysztof Urbanski (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Dutch Orchestras and Ensembles

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Louise Fryer presents performances given by Dutch orchestras and ensembles

Louise Fryer presents a series of performances given by leading orchestras and ensembles based in the Netherlands

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