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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 4

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Taneyev, Prokofiev and Dutilleux.

Featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Piano Concerto No 3; Francesca da Rimini. Taneyev: The Oresteia (Overture). Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet.

Katie Derham presents performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. With the third and final concert in a Tchaikovsky series conducted by Semyon Bychkov, recorded at the Barbican last month. This concert shows different sides of the composer: his graceful, elegant Serenade; the single finished movement of the Third Piano Concerto, the composer's last work; and the Dante-inspired tone-poem Francesca de Rimini with its portrayal of a forbidden love. 

2pm:
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op.48 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

2.30pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Allegro brilliante 
Kirill Gerstein (Piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

2.45pm
Taneyev: The Oresteia: Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

3.05pm
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

3.30pm
Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op.75
Alexei Volodin (piano)

4.15pm:
Dutilleux: 3 Preludes for Piano (1973-88) 
Hannah Watson (piano).

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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