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Afternoon on 3: BBC Philharmonic

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 4

BBC Philharmonic perform Villa-Lobos's Sinfonietta No 1 (To the Memory of Mozart).

BBC Philharmonic perform Villa-Lobos's Sinfonietta No 1 as part of Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme, plus Elgar, Mozart, Casella and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Penny Gore concludes her week of performances and recordings by the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme includes Mozart's most popular Horn Concerto performed by Alberto Menendez. And Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme continues with Villa-Lobos's Sinfonietta No 1, headed 'To the Memory of Mozart'. Plus a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful story-telling from the 1001 Nights, Scheherazade, recorded in Kendal last year. 

2pm
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for strings
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat (K 495)
Alberto Menéndez (horn)
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)

c.2.30pm
Villa-Lobos: Sinfonietta No 1
BBC Philharmonic
Fawzi Haimor (conductor)

Casella: Symphony No 1
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
BBC Philharmonic
Bramwell Tovey (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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