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Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras: Episode 4

Episode 4

Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras, Episode 4

Katie Derham with music by Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Prokofiev, Varese, Rimsky-Korsakov.

With Katie Derham. Vaughan Williams: Overture (The Wasps). Schubert: Symphony No 8. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3; Prelude in C. Varese: Ameriques. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.

The Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen joins forces with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hannu Lintu in a performance of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto. Plus Varese's Ameriques, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and the Danish National Symhony Orchestra bring a week of concert recordings from Scandinavian radio symphony orchestras to a close with a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade.

Presented by Katie Derham.

2pm
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Overture to 'The Wasps, suite after Aristophanes'
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

2:10pm
SCHUBERT
Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 'Unfinished'
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

2:40pm
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No.3, Op.26
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

3:10pm
PROKOFIEV
Prelude in C major, Op.12 No.7
Olli Mustonen (piano)

3:15pm
VARESE
Ameriques
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

3:40pm
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op.35, symphonic fantasy
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

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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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