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Afternoon Concert

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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: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra: Episode 2

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Episode 2

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Simon Rattle in Haydn's The Seasons.

With Simon Rattle conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Haydn's oratorio The Seasons. Plus Summer's Antigone. Presented by Katie Derham.

Katie Derham presents, as part of a week of concerts from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. With Marlis Petersen, Andrew Staples and Florian Boesch as soloists. Also this afternoon, Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons conducts the orchestra in Sommer's Antigone, an overture to the tragedy of Sophocles.

2pm:
Haydn
The Seasons, Parts 1 & 2 (Spring and Summer)

3.10pm
Haydn
The Seasons, Parts 3 & 4 (Autumn and Winter)

Marlis Petersen, soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Florian Boesch, bass-baritone
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

4.10pm
Sommer
Antigone - Overture to the tragedy of Sophocles
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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.

Katie Derham presents concerts given by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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