Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Monday - Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Monday - Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Monday - Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Slovakia, plus music by Ravel, Dvorak and Byrd.

Penny Gore with recordings from BBC ensembles and from across Europe, including Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Slovakia, plus music by Ravel, Dvorak and Byrd.

Penny Gore introduces an afternoon of concert and studio recordings from BBC ensembles and orchestras across Europe.

Today, the 3pm spotlight is on Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and soloist Dalibor Karvay. Also today, there's sacred choral music by Zelenka, and Byrd's 400th anniversary is celebrated with Holy Week music by the composer featured today and throughout the week. Plus, Ravel in Prague, Berlioz in Cardiff, Anne-Sophie Mutter plays one of Sibelius' serenades for violin and orchestra, and the BBC Philharmonic performs the seldom-heard In memoriam overture by Arthur Sullivan. 

Including:

Ravel: Menuet antique
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

Dvorak (arr. Julian Riem for cello, harp and piano): Song to the Moon, aria from 'Rusalka'
Raphaela Gromes, cello
Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
Julian Riem, piano

Zelenka: Responsory 'Omnes amici mei'
Myriam Arbouz, soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Benoît Arnould, baritone
Le Banquet Céleste
Damien Guillon, countertenor and conductor

Sullivan: In memoriam - overture in C major
BBC Philharmonic 
Richard Hickox

Chopin: Two Nocturnes, op. 27
Elisso Virsaladze, piano

Berlioz: Le Corsaire - overture, Op 21
BBC National Orchestra of Wales 
Thierry Fischer, conductor

3pm
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Op 35
Dalibor Karvay, violin
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenárd, conductor

Manuel de Falla (arr. Marcel Grandjany): Spanish Dance No. 1, from 'La Vida breve'
Joost Willemze, harp

Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor

Sibelius: 2 Serenades Op.69 for violin and orchestra: no.1 in D major 
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Dresden State Orchestra
André Previn, conductor

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