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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

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: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras: Episode 2

Episode 2

Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras, Episode 2

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart, Bach, Schnittke and Tchaikovsky.

Features the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music. Bach: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen. Schnittke: Violin Concerto No 4. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6.

Katie Derham presents recordings from Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, playing Schnittke's Violin Concerto No.4 with Ukrainian-born violinist Vadim Gluzman and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.6 'Pathetique'. Plus recordings from Helsinki of Bach cantatas by German baritone Christian Gerhaher and the Key Ensemble.


2pm
MOZART
Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K.477/K.479a
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

2:05pm
BACH
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, cantata, BWV.56
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Key Ensemble
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

2:25pm
SCHNITTKE
Violin Concerto No.4
Vadim Gluzman (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

3pm
BACH
Ich habe genug, cantata, BWV.82
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Key Ensemble
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

2:20pm
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 'Pathetique'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

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.

Katie Derham presents programmes focusing on Scandinavian ensembles

Katie Derham presents programmes focusing on Scandinavian ensembles, with concert recordings by the Danish National and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras.

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