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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Singers

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers, Episode 1

Penny Gore presents music by Beethoven, Krenek, Myaskovsky, Toch, Lindberg and Mendelssohn

With Penny Gore. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5. Krenek: Three Pieces. Myaskovsky: Symphony No 14. Ernst Toch: Valse. Magnus Lindberg: Piano Jubilee. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.

Penny Gore introduces a week of Afternoon on 3 featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers including two evergreen concertos, the "Emperor" Piano Concerto by Beethoven with soloist Igor Levit and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor with soloist Alina Ibragimova. And some unusual choral pieces by Ernst Toch and Ernst Krenek.

2pm
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major (Emperor)
Igor Levit (Piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)


2.40pm
Ernst Krenek
Three Pieces for Mixed Chorus
BBC Singers
Philip Headlam (conductor)

2.50pm
Myaskovsky
Symphony No. 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alan Buribayev (conductor)

3.30pm
Ernst Toch
Valse
BBC Singers
The Continuum Ensemble
Philip Headlam (conductor)

3.35pm
Magnus Lindberg
Piano Jubilees
Richard Uttley (piano)

3.55pm
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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Performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers

Penny Gore introduces a series of programmes featuring performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers

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