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Afternoon Concert: San Francisco Symphony: Episode 4

Episode 4

San Francisco Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, San Francisco Symphony, Episode 4

Ian Skelly presents music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach, Britten and Rachmaninov.

With Ian Skelly. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No 3. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1. Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!. Britten: Suite (The Prince of the Pagodas).

Ian Skelly presents concludes a week of recent recordings by the San Francisco Symphony with music that includes Shostakovich's Concerto in C minor for piano trumpet and string orchestra, with the virtuosic French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Ton Koopman conducting Bach's cantata, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, with soprano Carolyn Sampson, and Britten's suite from The Prince of the Pagodas. The young pianist Daniil Trifonov finishes the week with Rachmaninov's ever-popular Variations on a Theme by Paganini.


2pm
Beethoven
Leonore Overture No.3 in C, Op.72b
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

2.15pm
Shostakovich
Concerto in C minor Op.35 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
James Conlon (conductor)

2.40pm
JS Bach
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, cantata, BWV.51
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Mark Inouye (trumpet)
San Francisco Symphony
Ton Koopman (conductor)

3pm
Traditional
Lelambatan Tabuh Pat Jagul
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

3.15pm
Benjamin Britten (Arr Donald Mitchell & Mervyn Cooke)
Suite from 'The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57'
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

4pm
Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
San Francisco Symphony
Osmo Vänska (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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