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Afternoon on 3: The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen

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Afternoon Concert: The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen: Episode 4: Nielsen: Symphony No 6

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Episode 4: Nielsen: Symphony No 6

The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen

Nielsen: Symphony No 6

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen, Nielsen: Symphony No 6

Katie Derham presents Nielsen's Symphony No 6, plus Tubin, HK Gruber and Stravinsky.

With Katie Derham. Tubin: Symphony No 6. HK Gruber: Rough Music. Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements. Nielsen: Symphony No 6. Schubert.

Katie Derham introduces the BBC Philharmonic in performances as part of Afternoon on 3's Nordic and Baltic season. The orchestra performs Estonian composer Eduard Tubin's 6th Symphony, written in the 1950s while living in Sweden. There's the final instalment of this week's complete Nielsen symphony cycle, as John Storgards conducts his Symphony no.6, Sinfonia semplice. Plus a percussion concerto by HK Gruber, Schubert lieder arrangements sung by Rebecca Evans, and Stravinsky's Symphony in three movements.

Presented by Katie Derham.

2pm
Tubin 
Symphony No 6
BBC Philharmonic
Arvo Volmer (conductor)

2.35pm
H K Gruber 
Rough Music - concerto for percussion and orchestra
Martin Grubinger (percussion)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Schubert arr. Liszt 
Gretchen am Spinnrade; Die Junge Nonne; Lied der Mignon
Schubert arr. Berlioz Erlkonig
Rebecca Evans (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

3.20pm
Stravinsky 
Symphony in Three Movements
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

3.40pm
Nielsen 
Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen

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Katie Derham introduces programmes featuring the complete Nielsen symphonies

Katie Derham introduces programmes featuring the complete Nielsen symphonies as part of a Nordic and Baltic season

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