Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Tuesday - Elgar's First Symphony

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

Tuesday - Elgar's First Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Tuesday - Elgar's First Symphony

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC SSO in Elgar and Tippett

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC SSO in Elgar's first symphony and Little music by Tippett. Plus Purcell, Arnold, and Daniel Kidane.

Penny Gore introduces new recordings by the BBC SSO, as Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the orchestra Elgar's Brahmsian first symphony and Little music by Tippett. Plus Purcell from Germany's La Folia Baroque Orchestra, Antje Weithass plays Dvorak, the BBC Philharmonic plays Malcolm Arnold, and music by Daniel Kidane.

Also, the world premiere broadcasts of short Radio 3 commissions for BBC orchestras. Pieces by Sun Keting, Elaine Agnew and Oliver Leith.

Including:

Purcell: Dido’s lament (orch. Version), from Dido & Aeneas
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert, conductor

Purcell: Overture and excerpts from 'King Arthur, Z. 628'
Anna Prohaska, soprano
Julia Böhme, contralto
Richard Resch, tenor
Nikolay Borchev, baritone
La Folia Baroque Orchestra
Robin-Peter Müller, violin and conductor

Arnold: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Op. 39
Jennifer Galloway, oboe
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor 

Brahms: 16 Waltzes, Op 39
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano
Zhang Zuo, piano

Daniel Kidane: Woke
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3pm
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55 
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

Sun Keting: A Cave of One’s Own
BBC Singers
Jasdeep Singh Degun, sitar
Nicholas Chalmers, conductor

Elaine Agnew: Hold
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen,conductor

Oliver Leith: Swirl Procession 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Weeden, conductor

Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Antje Weithass, violin
Residentie Orkest The Hague
Antony Hermus, conductor

Tippett: Little music for string orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

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