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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: 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights

Afternoon Concert: 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights: Episode 2

Episode 2

2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights, Episode 2

The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Haydn, Brett Dean and R Strauss. Plus Szymanowski.

Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons in Haydn, Brett Dean and R Strauss, plus Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra Isabelle Faust in Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto.

Catriona Young continues a week of highlights from the 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festivals. Today's programme from Lucerne features the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons in works by Haydn, Brett Dean and Richard Strauss; ending with Szymanowski's 1st Violin Concerto from the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra with soloist, Isabelle Faust.

2.00pm
Haydn
Symphony No. 90 in C, Hob. I:90
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

2.26pm
Brett Dean
Dramatis personae
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Andris Nelsons

2.57pm
Richard Rodgers
My Funny Valentine
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

3.00pm
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons

3.50pm
Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Isabelle Faust, violin
Pablo Heras-Casado.

Afternoon Concert: 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festival Highlights

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.

Catriona Young presents highlights from the 2015 Verbier and Lucerne Festivals.

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