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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: Proms 2013 Repeats

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2013 Repeats: Episode 16

Episode 16

Proms 2013 Repeats

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Proms 2013 Repeats, Episode 16

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen at last night's BBC Proms.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen at last night's BBC Proms in music by Henze, Stravinsky and Tippett.

with Penny Gore and a second chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen at last night's BBC Proms in music by Henze, Stravinsky and Tippett.

Presented by Martin Handley at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Henze: Barcarola
Stravinsky: Concerto for piano and wind instruments

c. 2.40pm
Stravinsky: Movements
Tippett: Symphony No. 2

Peter Serkin (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Composer-conductor Oliver Knussen directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tippett's Symphony No. 2, inspired by the rhythmic energy of a Vivaldi bassline and the first in a series of works by Tippett to be featured at the 2013 BBC Proms in parallel with the Britten centenary.

The celebrated American pianist Peter Serkin makes his Proms debut in Stravinsky's neo-Classical Concerto for piano and winds and compact serialist conceit Movements. Written in memory of his friend Paul Dessau, the late Hans Werner Henze's 1979 Barcarola opens this programme of 20th-century masterpieces.

Plus highlights from the 2012 Cheltenham Festival.

Afternoon Concert: Proms 2013 Repeats

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Another chance to hear concerts from the 2013 BBC Proms season

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