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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 2

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 2

Katie Derham presents music by Janacek, Nicolson, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Britten.

With Katie Derham. Janacek: Suite (The Cunning Little Vixen). Nicolson: Shadows on the Wall. Stravinsky: Firebird. Szymanowski: Harnasie. Britten: 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes).

Katie Derham continues her week of Afternoon on 3 concerts from the BBC Symphony Orchestra's recent visit to the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney. Today we hear a concert from the Pickaquoy Centre inspired by fairy tales, including the suite from Janacek's opera telling the tale of Vixen Sharp Ears, and the world premiere of a new work by the Festival's Artistic Director Alasdair Nicolson which tells tales of its own - it's a BBC commission, written for the young Scottish mezzo-soprano Rowan Hellier. Completing the programme are folk tales from Russia and Poland, and the adaptation of George Crabbe's poem "The Borough" that inspired Britten's opera Peter Grimes, and his Four Sea Interludes.

Janacek: Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen 
2.20pm
Alasdair Nicolson: Shadows on the Wall - Five Hauntings for Voice and Orchestra
Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano),
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor).

2.40pm
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945)
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor).


3.25pm
Szymanowski: Harnasie
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Gardner (conductor).

4pm
Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Katie Derham presents recent performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Katie Derham presents programmes featuring recent performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including music from their recent tour of Orkney and Szymanowski conducted by Edward Gardner

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