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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 Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 1

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

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Gershwin.

Music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Shostakovich: Symphony No 4; Gadfly Suite. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (with Benjamin Grosvenor).

Penny Gore introduces recordings by the BBC SO taken from recent international tours. Today, the Paganini Variations by Rachmaninov, made in Bad Kissingen, Germany in 2008 with Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist under Jiri Belohlavek, followed by a recording made last month of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4, under Jukka-Pekka Saraste, as part of the Radio Festival in Bucharest. Followed by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Benjamin Grosvenor at the piano, and another Shostakovich masterpiece, The Gadfly Suite written for the film and conducted by his son Maxim.

2.00pm
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
BBC SO
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

2.25pm
Shostakovich Symphony no. 4 in C minor, Op 43
BBC SO
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

3.30pm
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 
BBC SO
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Michal Dworzynski, cond 

3.45pm
Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, Op.97a
BBC SO
Maxim Shostakovich, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including overseas performances

Penny Gore introduces a series of programmes featuring concerts given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Including music performed on international tours

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