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Afternoon on 3: Berlin Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Philharmonic: Episode 2

Episode 2

Berlin Philharmonic

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

The Berlin Philharmonic performs music by Smetana, Dvorak and Mahler.

Katie Derham with music from the Berlin Philharmonic. Smetana: Vltava (Ma vlast). Dvorak: Violin Concerto (with Lisa Batiashvili). Mahler: Symphony No 3 (Anna Larsson: mezzo).

Katie Derham presents a week of concerts from the Berlin Philharmonic's 2015-16 Season. Today's selection opens with works from an outdoor concert at the Waldbühne, Berlin, and ends with a performance of Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony.

2pm:
Smetana: Vltava (Moldau), from 'Má vlast' 

2.15pm:
Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 
conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2.45pm:
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor 
Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano)
Women of the Berlin Radio Chorus 
Berlin State and Cathedral Choir 
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 
conductor Iván Fischer.

Afternoon Concert: Berlin Philharmonic

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Programmes featuring concerts from the Berlin Philharmonic's 2015-16 season

Programmes featuring concerts from the Berlin Philharmonic's 2015-16 season, with leading soloists and conductors

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