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Afternoon on 3: San Francisco Symphony

Afternoon Concert: San Francisco Symphony: Episode 1

Episode 1

San Francisco Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, San Francisco Symphony, Episode 1

Ian Skelly with music by Copland, Beethoven, Sibelius, Bach, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn.

With Ian Skelly. Copland: Symphonic Ode. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 2. Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise. Bach: Orchestral Suite No 4. Plus music by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn.

Ian Skelly begins a week of highlights from recent concerts given by the San Francisco Symphony recorded at their home, the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, opens the week with a performance of Copland's Symhonic Ode. Today's programme also includes Kirill Gerstein performing Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto under Charles Dutoit, Sibelius and Stravinsky conducted by Osmo Vanska and Mendelssohn's 3rd Symphony conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado.

Ton Koopman also gave a concert of music by JS Bach and his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. One work from this concert will be played each day, starting with JS Bach's 4th Orchestral Suite today.

Ian Skelly (presenter)


2pm
Aaron Copland
Symphonic Ode
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

2.20pm
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.19
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

2.50pm
Sibelius
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op.55
San Francisco Symphony
Osmo Vänska (conductor)

3.15pm
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No.4 in D, BWV.1069
San Francisco Symphony
Ton Koopman (conductor)

3.40pm
Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
San Francisco Symphony
Osmo Vänska (conductor)

3.50pm
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 ('Scottish')
San Francisco Symphony
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: San Francisco Symphony

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Ian Skelly presents concerts given by the San Francisco Symphony at its home

Ian Skelly presents concerts given by the San Francisco Symphony at its home, the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco

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