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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: European Festivals Selection

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals Selection: Episode 1

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Episode 1

European Festivals Selection

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, European Festivals Selection, Episode 1

Catriona Young presents music by Vivaldi, Haydn and Bruckner from European festivals.

With Le Concert Spirituel in Vivaldi: Magnificat; Gloria. Plus music by Haydn and the European Union Youth Orchestra in Bruckner's Symphony No 7. Presented by Catriona Young.

Catriona Young presents concert highlights from a selection of European Festivals, including Vivaldi from Utrecht, and Bruckner's 7th Symphony from Amsterdam, with Bernard Haitink conducting the European Union Youth Orchestra.

2pm:
Vivaldi: Magnificat, RV 610 
Le Concert Spirituel
Director Hervé Niquet

2.15pm:
Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
Le Concert Spirituel
Director Hervé Niquet

2.45pm:
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, Hob. I:105 
Lorenza Borrani (violin)
Paul Watkins (cello)
Kai Frömbgen (oboe)
Stefan Schweigert (bassoon)

3.05pm:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor Bernard Haitink.

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals Selection

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 concert highlights from a selection of European festivals

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