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Afternoon on 3: Ten Pieces to Inspire Children

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Afternoon Concert: Ten Pieces to Inspire Children: Episode 3: Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King

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Episode 3: Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King

Ten Pieces to Inspire Children

Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Ten Pieces to Inspire Children, Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King

Katie Derham features Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1. Plus music by Rossini, Bax and Walton.

Katie Derham features Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 for the BBC's Ten Pieces project. Plus Rossini: Overture (La scala di seta). Bax: 4 Orchestral Sketches. Walton: Violin Concerto.

With Katie Derham

With "Ten Pieces", the BBC is aiming to inspire a generation of children in primary schools to get creative with Classical Music, and every weekday this week and next, Afternoon on 3 offers a chance to hear the whole works at the beginning of each programme at 2pm.

Today, the first suite that Grieg made from incidental music he had written for Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt. In a fantastical Norway, young Peer Gynt seduces a troll maiden and is brought before the Troll King in the Hall of the Mountain King.

For more about Ten Pieces visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w

The rest of the programme features the BBC Philharmonic in Walton's Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and Bax's 4 Orchestral Sketches.

2pm
Ten Pieces:
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

2.15
Rossini 
La Scala di Seta Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

2.20
Bax 
4 Orchestral Sketches
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

2.50
Walton
Violin Concerto in B minor
Midori (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Ten Pieces to Inspire Children

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Series featuring complete performances of works in Radio 3's Ten Pieces project

Series featuring complete performances of works in Radio 3's Ten Pieces project, which aims to inspire a generation of children in primary schools to engage with ten different classical pieces

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