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Afternoon on 3: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 4: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina and BBC SSO in Edinburgh

Episode 4

Episode 4: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina and BBC SSO in Edinburgh

Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina and BBC SSO in Edinburgh

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina and BBC SSO in Edinburgh

Katie Derham with the final two acts of Khovanshchina, plus a concert from the BBC SSO.

Katie Derham presents the final two acts of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina from Vienna State Opera conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Plus a concert from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Katie Derham presents the final 2 acts of Musorgsky's Khovanshchina in a performance from Vienna State Opera. Then a concert the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gave at Edinburgh's Usher Hall last month. Guy Braunstein is the soloist in Sibelius's Violin Concerto, before the Orchestra take centre stage in his 7th Symphony. Plus, two popular overtures by Beethoven; his Coriolan, and Leonore no.3.

Presented by Katie Derham.

Musorgsky Khovanshchina
Acts 4 & 5
Prince Ivan Khovansky... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Prince Andrey Khovansky... Christopher Ventris (tenor)
Prince Vasiliy Golitsin... Herbert Lippert (tenor)
Dosifey... Ain Anger (bass)
Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity... Andrzej Dobber (bass-baritone)
Marfa... Elena Maximova (mezzo-soprano)
Susanna... Lydia Rathkolb (soprano)
Scrivener... Norbert Ernst (tenor)
Emma ...Caroline Wenborne (soprano)
Golitsin's Confidant... Benedikt Kobel (baritone)
Varsonofyev... Marcus Pelz (bass)
Kuzka ...Marian Talaba (tenor)
Streshnev ...Wolfram Igor Derntl (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

c.3.00pm
Beethoven Coriolan - overture Op.62
Sibelius Concerto in D minor Op.47 for violin and orchestra

c.3.45pm
Sibelius Symphony no. 7 in C major Op.105
Beethoven Leonore - overture no. 3, op.72b
Guy Braunstein (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Katie Derham presents performances given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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