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Afternoon Concert

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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 National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 4

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Bloch, Caplet, Ravel, Zemlinsky and Mozart

Katie Derham with music from the BBC NOW. Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness. Caplet: Epiphanie. Ravel: Kaddisch. Zemlinsky: Symphony No 2. Mozart: Symphony No 40.

Katie Derham presents a critically-acclaimed recording by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the father and son team of Raphael and Benjamin Wallfisch performing a very personal programme dedicated to family members who perished in the Holocaust.
To round off this week of programmes featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales we've a symphony from the First Viennese School and one which influenced the Second: Zemlinsky's 2nd Symphony, which helped secure him the post of Kapellmeister at Vienna's Carltheater, and Mozart's much-loved Symphony No.40.

Bloch: Voice in the wilderness - symphonic poem
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor)

c. 2.30pm
Caplet: Epiphanie
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor)

c. 2.50pm
Ravel: Kaddisch (from 2 mélodies hébraïques)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor)

c. 3pm
Zemlinsky: Symphony no. 2 in B flat major
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

c. 3.45pm
Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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.

Programmes showcasing the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with performances on tours

Katie Derham presents a series programmes showcasing the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with performances on tours

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