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Afternoon on 3: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 4

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Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Episode 4

The BBC SSO performs music by Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Nielsen, Kernis and Stravinsky.

Music performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius: Finlandia. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2. Nielsen: Symphony No 4. Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky. Stravinsky: Agon.

Penny Gore presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with young Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin and conducted by Thomas Dausgaard in concert in Aberdeen.

The Scotsman credited them with "one of the most awesome and breathtaking orchestral performances heard in Scotland this season".

Plus music by the American composer Aaron Jay Kernis performed in Glasgow just last night, with the BBC SSO's Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles. 

Sibelius: Finlandia
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)

2.45pm
Nielsen: Symphony No 4, Op 29 (The Inextinguishable)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor).
3.20pm
Aaron Jay Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

3.40pm
Stravinsky: Agon
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

4pm
Elgar: In the South (Alassio) - Overture, Op 50 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Penny Gore presents concerts given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes featuring recent concerts given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with Russian concertos for violin, cello and piano

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