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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: Cleveland Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: Cleveland Orchestra: Episode 4

Cleveland Orchestra

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Cleveland Orchestra, Episode 4

The Cleveland Orchestra performs music by CPE Bach, Sibelius, Handel, Dvorak and Bruckner.

Music from the Cleveland Orchestra. CPE Bach: Sinfonia in D, Wq 183 No 1. Sibelius: Symphony No 7. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks. Dvorak: Te Deum. Bruckner: Symphony No 5.

Penny Gore concludes her survey of some recent performances by the Cleveland Orchestra. Today there's the chance to hear the orchestra's Music Director conducting Bruckner and also some of the fruiits of leading baroque music exponent, Ton Koopman's year long 'residency.'


C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in D, Wq. 183/1
Cleveland Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)

c. 2.10pm
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, op. 105
Cleveland Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

c. 2.30pm
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Cleveland Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)

c. 2.50pm
Dvorák: Te Deum, op. 103
Jessica Rivera (soprano)
Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)
Cleveland Orchestra and Chrous, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)

c. 3.10pm
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat
Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Cleveland Orchestra

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Penny Gore explores some recent concert performances by the Cleveland Orchestra

Penny Gore explores some recent concert performances by the Cleveland Orchestra, founded in 1918 and often referred to as one of America's 'Big Five'

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