Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare, Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak and Shostakovich

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With music by Sibelius, Robert Schumann, Dvorak, Ibert, Bennett, Ruth Gipps and Suckling.

Fiona Talkington with music by Sibelius, Robert Schumann, Dvorak, Ibert, Bennett, Ruth Gipps and Suckling, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Fiona Talkington introduces repertoire from recent concerts and sessions from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, under various conductors. Today, Sibelius' The Swan of Tuonela, from his Lemminkainen suite; then Robert Schumann's Concerto for cello and orchestra with Johannes Moser as soloist; followed by Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 in D minor; it's followed by Ibert's Divertissement and the Country Dances by Richard Rodney Bennett. The afternoon continues with some more contemporary repertoire. First Ruth Gipps's Clarinet Concerto with Robert Plane as soloist, followed by two pieces by Martin Suckling: The White Road, for flute and orchestra, with flautist Katherine Bryan, and the Piano Concerto, with Tamara Stefanovich as soloist.

2.00pm
Sibelius: Lemminkainen suite Op.22 :: no.3; The Swan of Tuonela
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor)

R. Schumann: Concerto in A minor Op.129 for cello and orchestra
Johannes Moser (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)

2.35pm
Dvorak: Symphony no. 7 in D minor Op.70	
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya(conductor)

Ibert: Divertissement  
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

3.30pm
Richard Rodney Bennett: Country Dances 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
Michael McHale (piano)

Ruth Gipps: Clarinet Concerto in G minor op.9 
Robert Plane (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Martin Suckling:
The White Road, for flute & orchestra 
Piano Concerto
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Bryan (flute)
Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

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