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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 5

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Episode 5

Music in the Great War

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Music in the Great War, Episode 5

Penny Gore presens music by Schulhoff, Lehar, Kodaly, Mozart, Finzi and Mendelssohn.

Penny Gore with music by composers associated with WWI. Schulhoff: 5 Grotesques. Kodaly: String Quartet No 2. Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5. Finzi: Dies natalis. Piano Concerto No 1.

Penny Gore finishes this weeks' look at composers associated with World War One with piano music by Schulhoff, an orchestral song by Lehar and a string quartet by Kodaly. The afternoon also features a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic with music by Mozart, Finzi and Mendelssohn.

Schulhoff
5 Grotesques
Margarete Babinsky (piano)

2.21pm Lehar
Fieber
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
David Parry (conductor)

2.35pm Kodaly
String Quartet no.2
Kodaly Quartet

2.55pm Mozart
Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K.219
Elena Urioste (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Philippe Bach (conductor)

3.24pm Finzi
Dies natalis Op.8
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic
Philippe Bach (conductor)

3.54pm Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor
Zhang Zuo (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Philippe Bach (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Music in the Great War

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Britain at War - Outbreak

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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