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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: BBC Philharmonic

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 2

With Penny Gore. The BBC Philharmonic plays music by Wagner, Ravel, Britten and Schubert.

With Penny Gore. BBC Philharmonic in Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde). Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Britten: Simple Symphony. Schubert: Symphony No 9.

Penny Gore continues her week of performances by the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme features a concert the orchestra gave on tour last October at Seoul Arts Centre; Viktoria Mullova is soloist in Sibelius's Violin Concerto, and the orchestra takes centre stage in Schubert's Symphony No.9, the 'Great'. There's also a chance to hear Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with soloist Pavel Kolesnikov. 

2pm
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D (left hand)
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Michael Seal (conductor)

c.2.40pm
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op.4
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
Viktoria Mullova (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C major D.944 (Great)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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