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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: Orchestras of the Southern Hemisphere

Afternoon Concert: Orchestras of the Southern Hemisphere: Episode 4

Episode 4

Orchestras of the Southern Hemisphere

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Orchestras of the Southern Hemisphere, Episode 4

The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra plays music by Copland, MacMillan, Bernstein and Brahms.

Presented by Verity Sharp. The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra performs music including Copland's Appalachian Spring suite and MacMillan's Britannia, plus Bernstein and Brahms.

Verity Sharp concludes a week of music performed by Southern Hemisphere ensembles, as part of our season here on Afternoon on 3, with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and principal conductor Marin Alsop.

Copland: Suite from 'Appalachian Spring'
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

c.2.30pm
MacMillan: Britannia
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

c.2.45pm
Bernstein: On the Waterfront, symphonic suite
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

c.3pm
MacMillan: Woman of the Apocalypse
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

c.3.35pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Orchestras of the Southern Hemisphere

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Verity Sharp presents music performed by orchestras from Australia and South America

Verity Sharp presents music performed by orchestras from Australia and South America, as part of a season devoted to the southern hemisphere

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