Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Tuesday - Philippe Quint plays Sibelius

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Tuesday - Philippe Quint plays Sibelius

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Tuesday - Philippe Quint plays Sibelius

Unique performances with BBC orchestras and choirs and other great orchestras.

Concert performances from around Europe, including the Violin Concerto in D minor by Sibelius with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph König and soloist Philippe Quint.

This week, Afternoon Concert features Scandinavian symphonic music - today we have Sibelius's Violin Concerto performed by soloist Philippe Quint with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Christoph König. There's also more Purcell from Concentus Musicus Wien and Stefan Gottfried, Johann Strauss (II) from the Dresden Philharmonic and Marek Janowski, and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales bring us Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Johann Strauss (II) 
Overture to 'The Gypsy Baron' 
Dresden Philharmonic
Marek Janowski (conductor)

Monteverdi Si dolce e il tormento from Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze
Cristina Segura (Mezzo)
Ensemble Exclamatio 

Poulenc
Sinfonietta
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrei Feher (conductor)

Eugene Bozza
Ballade for trombone and piano, Op.62
Peter Moore (trombone)
Robert Thompson (piano)

Sibelius 
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Philippe Quint (Violin)
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Koenig (conductor)

Sibelius Finlandia
KBS Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Koenig (conductor)

Haydn
Piano Trio in E flat major XV:10
Amatis Trio

Johann Strauss (II) 
Unter Donner und Blitz, polka schnell, op. 324
Dresden Phil
Marek Janowski (conductor)

Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang (conductor)

Henry Purcell
Three parts upon a Ground, Z. 731
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried (conductor)

Henry Purcell
Music for a While, from ‘Oedipus Z.583’
Michael Schade (tenor)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried (conductor)

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