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Afternoon on 3: Britten around Britten

Afternoon Concert: Britten around Britten: Episode 2

Britten around Britten

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Britten around Britten, Episode 2

With Katie Derham. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra playing music by Britten live in Belfast

With Katie Derham. Featuring the Ulster Orchestra performing music by Britten live in Belfast, plus works by Berg and Grace Williams.

Katie Derham presents a week celebrating the music of Benjamin Britten in his centenary year and launching a month-long series of British symphonies in Afternoon on 3.

Today's programme starts with the Ulster Orchestra live in concert from Belfast: an all-Britten concert featuring concertante works and his ever-popular Simple Symphony. There's more concertante Britten from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, plus music by the Austrian composer Britten wanted to study with (but never did), Alban Berg, and by his friend Grace Williams.

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Britten: Two Portraits
Britten, arr. Colin Matthews: Temporal Variations
Britten: Lachrymae 
Britten: Simple Symphony
Christopher Blake (oboe),
Philip Dukes (viola),
Ulster Orchestra,
Michael Francis (conductor).

3pm
Berg: 7 Early Songs
Ruby Hughes (soprano),
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
David Parry (conductor).

3.15pm
Britten/Colin Matthews: Movements for a Clarinet Concerto
Olli Leppäniemi (clarinet),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Joshua Weilerstein (conductor).

3.30pm
Grace Williams: Symphony No. 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Britten around Britten

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Katie Derham presents a series of programmes celebrating Britten in his centenary year

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes celebrating Benjamin Britten in his centenary year, and launches a series featuring British symphonies

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