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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: Music in the Great War

Afternoon Concert: Music in the Great War: Episode 1: Britain at War - Outbreak

Britain at War - Outbreak

Episode 1

Episode 1: Britain at War - Outbreak

Music in the Great War

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Music in the Great War, Britain at War - Outbreak

Penny Gore presents music by Stanford, Howells, Bliss, Strauss and Dvorak.

Penny Gore presents music linked to the UK at war. Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No 5. Howells: Piano Concerto No 1. Bliss: String Quartet. Strauss: Don Juan. Dvorak: Cello Concerto.

Part of Radio 3's WWI season, Music in the Great War.

Penny Gore introduces an afternoon of music connected with the UK at war, featuring music by the Irishman Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and two of his composition pupils at the Royal College of Music: Howells and Bliss. Howells' First Piano Concerto was his first major orchestral work, and the 1914 premiere was conducted by Stanford. It is notable for the colour and brilliance of his orchestration as well as the extremely demanding piano writing. The afternoon also includes performances of Strauss and Dvorak from the BBC Philharmonic.

Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No.5
Ulster Orchestra
Howard Shelley (conductor)

2.15pm Howells
Piano Concerto No.1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley (piano)
Richard Hickox (conductor)

2.55pm Bliss
String Quartet in A (1915)
Maggini Quartet

3.16pm Strauss
Don Juan
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

3.34pm Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Music in the Great War

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Penny Gore introduces programmes featuring music connected with the First World War

Penny Gore introduces a series of programmes featuring music connected with the First World War

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