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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 Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 4

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BBC Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Part 2 of Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, plus Murail, Janacek and Sibelius.

Penny Gore presents Part 2 of Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, plus music by Murail, Janacek and Sibelius played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the 2014 Aldeburgh Festival.

The conclusion of Monteverdi's final masterpiece is followed by music from a concert from this year's Aldeburgh Festival by the BBC Symphony Orchestra including the UK Premiere of the piano concerto "Le désenchantement du monde" by Tristan Murail with Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist. Presented by Penny Gore. 

2pm
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea Part II
La Fortuna / Drusilla ..... Gaëlle Arquez (mezzo-soprano)
La Virtù / Damigella ..... Jael Azzaretti (soprano) 
Amore ..... Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano)
Ottone ..... Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)
Poppea ..... Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Nerone ..... Jeremy Ovenden (tenor)
Arnalta ..... Manuel Nunes Camelino (tenor)
Ottavia ..... Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano)
Nutrice ..... Giuseppe de Vittorio (tenor)
Seneca ..... Andrea Concetti (bass)
Valletto ..... Marie-Adeline Henry (soprano)
Mercurio ..... Nahuel Di Piero (bass)
Secondo Tribuno / Famigliare di Seneca ..... Salvo Vitale (bass)
Soldato pretoriano/Lucano/Famigliare di Seneca ..... Valerio Contaldo (tenor)
Soldato pretoriano / Liberto / Primo Tribuno ..... Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

c.3.20pm
Murail: Le désenchantement du monde (UK Premiere)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3.50pm
Janacek: Pilgrimage of the Soul
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.4pm
Sibelius: Symphony no.7
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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.

Penny Gore presents programmes showcasing the work of the BBC SO and BBC SSO

Penny Gore presents programmes showcasing the work of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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