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Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic in music by Beethoven, MacMillan, Britten, Bernstein and Mendelssohn.

Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1. MacMillan: The Sacrifice (excpts). Britten: Serenade. Bernstein: On the Town (excpts). Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

In the second of two recent concerts given at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the BBC Philharmonic and their Composer/Conductor H. K. Gruber play music by James MacMillan, centenary composer Benjamin Britten, Leonard Bernstein and Gruber himself.

To take us to Vienna, Martin Roscoe joins the BBC Philharmonic in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto. And the programme ends with another well-loved concerto, by Mendelssohn.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Martin Roscoe (piano),
BBC Philharmonic,
Andrew Gourlay (conductor).

2.30pm
MacMillan: 3 Interludes from the opera The Sacrifice
BBC Philharmonic,
H. K. Gruber (conductor).


2.45pm
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
Ian Bostridge (tenor),
Stefan Dohr (horn),
BBC Philharmonic,
H. K. Gruber (conductor).

3.10pm
Bernstein: Overture and 3 Dance Episodes from On The Town
H. K. Gruber: Dancing in the Dark

3.50pm
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Augustin Hadelich (violin),
BBC Philharmonic,
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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