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Afternoon on 3: Celebrating Simon Rattle

Afternoon Concert: Celebrating Simon Rattle: Episode 4

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Episode 4

Celebrating Simon Rattle

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Celebrating Simon Rattle, Episode 4

Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic in the fourth symphonies of Schumann and Brahms

Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Schumann's Symphony No 4 in D minor, Op 120, and Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98. Plus Acts 3 and 4 of Rameau's Zais.

Concluding this week's prelude to Radio 3's 'Celebrating Simon Rattle' festivities next year, today Sir Simon conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Fourth Symphonies by Schumann and Brahms. 
That's followed by the last two acts of Jean Philippe Rameau's Zais from the Beaune Festival. 
Presented by Katie Derham

Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 (1841 version) 

Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

3.05pm
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Zaïs, ballet héroïque in one prologue and four acts
Today: Acts III and IV

Zaïs..... Julian Pregardien (tenor)
Zélide..... Marie Arnet (soprano)
Oramasès..... Konstantin Wolff (baritone)
Cindor..... Benoît Arnould (bass)
Grande Prêtresse de l'Amour..... Amel Brahim Djelloul (soprano)
L'Amour..... Hasnaa Bennani (soprano)
Un Sylphe..... Zachary Wilder (countertenor)
Namur Chamber Chorus
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
[Recorded at the Cour des Hospices during the 2014 Beaune Festival].

Afternoon Concert: Celebrating Simon Rattle

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Music performed in Simon Rattle's cycle of the complete Schumann and Brahms symphonies

Programmes featuring music performed in conductor Simon Rattle's cycle of the complete Schumann and Brahms symphonies

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