Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Thursday - Nielsen's Fifth Symphony

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Thursday - Nielsen's Fifth Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday - Nielsen's Fifth Symphony

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Nielsen's Fifth Symphony.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Nielsen's Fifth Symphony. The NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra perform Britten and Elgar.

This week, Afternoon Concert features Scandinavian symphonic music - today it's the turn of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony, given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Thomas Sondergard. There's also British music from NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein in the form of Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes and Elgar's "Enigma" Variations and early music from the Max Volpers Ensemble. 

Presented by Tom McKinney.

Lyadov
Baba-Yaga
BBC NOW
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

Giuseppe Sammartini 
Recorder Concerto in F
Max Volbers and Ensemble
Max Volbers (conductor, recorder)

Britten
Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes, op.33a
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein (conductor)

Villa Lobos
12 Studies for guitar - nos. 11 & 12
Sean Shibe (guitar)

Chopin
Ballade no 4 in F minor, Op 52
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

Carl Nielsen 
Symphony no. 5, Op.50
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

Domenico Scarlatti 
Sinfonia a tre in G
Max Volbers and Ensemble
Max Volbers (conductor, continuo)

Giovanni Battista Bononcini 
Non cedero sleale, Almiro's aria from 'Almahide'
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano)
Max Volbers and Ensemble
Max Volbers (conductor, continuo)

Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Alexander Liebreich (conductor)

Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in D minor, after D. Scarlatti
Max Volbers and Ensemble
Max Volbers (conductor, continuo)

Edward Elgar
Variations on an original theme ('Enigma'), Op.36
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Joshua Weilerstein (conductor)

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