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Afternoon on 3: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 2

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Episode 2

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The BBC SSO performs music by Carter, Elgar, Jonathan Mills and Janacek.

Music performed at the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival: Carter: Holiday Overture. Elgar: Symphony No 2. Jonathan Mills: Sandakan Threnody. Janacek: Glagolitic Mass.

Penny Gore presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recorded this year at the Edinburgh Festival's closing concert at the Usher Hall: Janacek's joyful Glagolitic Mass and departing Festival Director Jonathan Mills's Sandakan Threnody, commemorating the lives of Allied POWs who died in Borneo during the Second World War. Plus Elgar's Symphony No.2 and Elliott Carter's exuberant Holiday Overture.

Carter: Holiday Overture
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2.10pm
Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat major Op.63
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor)

3.05pm
Jonathan Mills: Sandakan Threnody
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

3.45pm
Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano)
Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano)
Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Jan Martinik (bass)
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Penny Gore presents the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in live recordings

Penny Gore presents programmes showcasing the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in live recordings, including concerts given in at the 2014 St Magnus Festival in Orkney and at Haddington, East Lothian

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