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Afternoon on 3: Wagner 200

Afternoon Concert: Wagner 200: Episode 3

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Wagner 200

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Wagner 200, Episode 3

Katie Derham marks the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth with an excerpt from Parsifal.

On the anniversary of his birth in 1813, Katie Derham presents music from Wagner's opera Parsifal and Bruckner's Symphony No 7, whose slow movement is a homage to him.

Wagner 200: On the anniversary of his birth in 1813, Katie Derham presents music from Wagner's last opera, Parsifal, and the Symphony No 7 by his disciple Anton Bruckner, who paid tribute to Wagner in its slow movement, complete with the magisterial sounds of the Wagner tuba.

Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal Act 1
BBC Scottish SO, Andrew Litton (conductor)

Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Wagner 200

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