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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: BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 2

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Berlioz, Florian Magnus Maier and Beethoven.

Katie Derham features the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette. Florian Magnus Maier: Slipstream for trombone and loop station. Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor.

Katie Derham presents performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including another Shakespearean work today - Berlioz's dramatic choral symphony in homage to Shakespeare's doomed lovers. Plus Beethoven's Fifth Symphony recorded earlier this year in Prague.

2pm:
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette 
Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano)
Samuel Boden (tenor)
David Soar (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

c.3.35pm
Florian Magnus Maier: Slipstream for trombone solo and loop station
Jorgen van Rijen (trombone) 

c. 3.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Katie Derham presents performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Katie Derham presents recent performances given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, including works with a Shakespearean theme

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