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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: Norway's Leading Orchestras

Afternoon Concert: Norway's Leading Orchestras: Episode 4

Episode 4

Norway's Leading Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Norway's Leading Orchestras, Episode 4

Penny Gore presents music by Haydn, Lars-Erik Larsson, Prokofiev and Ravel.

Penny Gore with music from Norwegian orchestras. Haydn: Symphony No 104. Lars-Erik Larsson: Saxophone Concerto. Prokofiev: Symphony No 4. Ravel: Sheherazade. Debussy: Images.

Penny Gore concludes her survey of recent concert performances by some of Norway's leading orchestras. Today we hear from Norway's Radio Orchestra, founded in 1946, the Oslo Philharmonic, founded in 1919 and the Bergen Philharmonic which traces its routes as far back as 1765. Also today, we hear from the highly regarded Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1977 and now resident at the Risor Festival.

Haydn 
Symphony No. 104 in D, Hob. I:104 ('London')
NRK Radio Orchestra, Christian Eggen (conductor)

c. 2.30pm
Lars-Erik Larsson
Saxophone Concerto op. 14 (1934)
Soran Lind (saxophone),
Strings of The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad (conductor)

c. 2.55pm
Prokofiev 
Symphony No. 4 in C, op. 47 / op. 112
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) 

c.3.30pm
Ravel 
Shéhérazade, song cycle
Sarah Fox (soprano),
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabien Gabel (conductor)

c. 3.50pm
Debussy 
Images pour orchestre, L. 122
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabien Gabel (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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