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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

BBC Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, Rozsa and Dvorak.

Music from the BBC Philharmonic. Beethoven: Egmont Overture. Brahms: Symphony No 1. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1. Rozsa: Suite (Sahara). Dvorak: New World Symphony.

This week Penny Gore introduces music recorded recently by the BBC Philharmonic , including Russian repertoire from Glinka and Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. And each day we will feature the film music of Miklos Rozsa

On Thursday, in our opera matinee we'll hear Haydn's rarely heard opera, La Vera Costanza - True Constancy in a recording from the Bruhl Haydn Festival.

Today a varied repertoire including Brahms Symphony No 1, Shostakovich 1st Cello Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony No 9, From the new World.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm
Beethoven - Egmont Overture Op.84
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Joel (conductor)

Brahms - Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.68
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Joel (conductor)

2.55
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat Op.107
BBC Philharmonic
Alexander Joel (conductor)
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)

Rozsa - Sahara: suite (arr and orch Christopher Palmer)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

3.35
Dvorak Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World)
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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Penny Gore introduces music performed by the BBC Philharmonic

Penny Gore introduces music performed by the BBC Philharmonic, including Russian repertoire from Glinka and Tchaikovsky to Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. Plus a focus on the film music of Miklos Rozsa

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