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Afternoon on 3: Villa-Lobos Total Immersion

Afternoon Concert: Villa-Lobos Total Immersion: Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Episode 1

Villa-Lobos Total Immersion

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Villa-Lobos Total Immersion, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents music by Villa-Lobos, Haydn, Sibelius, Strauss and Saint-Saens.

Presented by Penny Gore. Villa-Lobos: Uirpuru; Etudes Nos 1 and 4. Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in D, H XVIII 11. Sibelius: Tapiola. Strauss: Don Juan. Saint-Saens: Havanaise.

This week features the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers in highlights from their Villa-Lobos Total Immersion concerts recorded at The Barbican earlier this month. Today's programme includes his Uirpuru, based on the legend of the enchanted bird, guitar etudes performed by Radio 3 New Generation Artist Sean Shibe and his Bachianas Brasileiras IX, a highly virtuosic prelude and fugue for unaccompanied voices.

Introduced by Penny Gore from the Radio 3 pop-up studio at London's Southbank Centre. If you're in the area, visit the Radio 3 studio and performance space in the Royal Festival Hall Riverside Café to listen to Radio 3, ask questions and enjoy the special events.

2pm
Villa-Lobos: Uirpuru
BBC SO
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Villa-Lobos: Etude no. 1 des arpèges (Allegro non troppo), Etude no. 4 des accords répétés (Un peu modéré).
Sean Shibe (guitar)

2.30
Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra in D major, H.18.11
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
BBC SO
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Villa-Lobos: Descobrimento do Brasil Suite no.4; movt 2 - Primeira Primeira Missa do Brasil
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC SO
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Villa-Lobos: Pater Noster, Ave Verum, Panis Angelicus, Praesepe
Rebecca Lodge (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

3.15
Sibelius: Tapiola, Op.112
BBC SO
John Storgards (conductor)

Strauss: Don Juan
BBC SO
Alexander Shelley (conductor)

3.55
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras IX
BBC Singers
Celso Antunes (conductor)

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for violin and orchestra, Op.83
Tai Murray (violin)
BBC SO
Alexander Rumpf (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Villa-Lobos Total Immersion

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BBC SO and Singers in highlights from their Villa-Lobos Total concerts at the Barbican

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers in highlights from their Villa-Lobos Total Immersion concerts given at the Barbican in London

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