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Afternoon on 3: Great Choral Works

Afternoon Concert: Great Choral Works: Episode 2: Brahms: A German Requiem

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Episode 2: Brahms: A German Requiem

Great Choral Works

Brahms: A German Requiem

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Great Choral Works, Brahms: A German Requiem

Penny Gore presents Brahms's A German Requiem, plus music by Mendelssohn and Mozart.

Penny Gore presents a performance of Brahms's A German Requiem given at the Beethoven Hall in Stuttgart. Plus Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 and Mozart: Symphony No 41.

Penny Gore presents a performance of Brahms' German Requiem recorded at the Beethoven Hall, Stuttgart as part of Afternoon on 3's great choral music focus this week.

Johannes Brahms 
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Florian Boesch (bass)
SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart, NDR Chorus
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
[rec. Beethoven Hall, Liederhalle, Stuttgart]

Followed at c. 3.10pm by

Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
[recorded in the Rococo Theatre in Schwetzingen]

c. 3.45pm

Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 ('Jupiter')
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
[rec. Salle Pleyel, Paris].

Afternoon Concert: Great Choral Works

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Penny Gore presents a selection of the great choral works

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