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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 Philharmonic in Recent Concerts

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic in Recent Concerts: Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic in Recent Concerts

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic in Recent Concerts, Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic in music by Sibelius, Casella, Matthews, Foulds, Shostakovich and Nielsen

Louise Fryer with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Sibelius: The Bard. Casella: Le couvent sur l'eau. Matthews: Symphony No 7. Foulds: Keltic Suite. Plus Shostakovich and Nielsen.

The BBC Philharmonic in an afternoon which includes John Foulds's Keltic Suite of 1914, with its once-popular middle movement 'Lament,' and Nielsen's final symphony. There's also the chance to hear a performance of a the symphony that David Matthews wrote to a BBC commission for the BBC Philharmonic's 2010-11 Mahler Festival.
With Louise Fryer

Sibelius: The Bard
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

Casella: Le couvent sur l'eau, symphonic fragments
Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

c 2.30pm
David Matthews: Symphony No 7
BBC Philharmonic, HK Gruber (conductor)

c. 2.55pm
Foulds: Keltic Suite
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

c. 3.10pm
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1
Guy Braunstein (violin),
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor)

c. 3.50pm
Nielsen: Symphony No 6 "Sinfonia semplice"
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic in Recent Concerts

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Louise Fryer presents music performed by the BBC Philharmonic, including Sibelius

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