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Afternoon Concert

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Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

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Afternoon on 3: Norway's Leading Orchestras

Afternoon Concert: Norway's Leading Orchestras: Episode 2

Episode 2

Norway's Leading Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Norway's Leading Orchestras, Episode 2

Penny Gore presents music by Svendsen, Prokofiev, Medtner, Bernstein and Rachmaninov.

Presented by Penny Gore. Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carnival. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite. Medtner: Piano Concerto No 3. Bernstein: Serenade. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1.

Penny Gore continues her exploration this week of recent concert performances by some of Norway's leading orchestras. Today she hears from the Bergen Philharmonic, one of the world's oldest musical institutions which this year celebrates its 250th anniversary. The orchestra has been directed since 2003 by the American, Andrew Litton, who relinquishes the post in October to the Englishman, Edward Gardner. 

Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Artists' Carnival, op. 14 (1874)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

Prokofiev
Scythian Suite, op 20
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

c. 2.30pm
Medtner
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, op. 60 ('Ballade')
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano),
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

c. 3.05pm
Bernstein
Serenade (1954), after Plato's 'Symposium', for violin, strings, harp and percussion
Vadim Gluzman (violin),
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

c. 3.40pm
Rachmaninov
Symphony no 1 in D minor, op 12
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Norway's Leading Orchestras

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Penny Gore presents concert performances by some of Norway's leading orchestras

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes featuring concert performances by some of Norway's leading orchestras

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