Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Friday - 'Reformation' Symphony

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Friday - 'Reformation' Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Friday - 'Reformation' Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the LSO in Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony, 'Reformation', and music for Earth Day from Dalia Stasevska and BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Ian Skelly introduces an afternoon of live concert recordings, including BBC orchestras and ensembles from around Europe.

The last of this week's symphonies conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in celebration of his 80th birthday, is Mendelssohn's 'Reformation' symphony, with the London Symphony Orchestra. Looking ahead to Earth Day (Saturday 22 April), Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in more music from their recent 'Our Precious Planet' family event, in collaboration with the artist Grégoire Pont. Plus, the BBC Singers with music by Folke Rabe, and the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Richard Strauss' tone poem depicting the story of Don Juan.

Including: 

c.2:10pm
JS Bach: Cantata, Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV.80
Marta Paklar, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor

c.2:40pm
Earth Day...
Anna Meredith: Nautilus (orchestral version – UK premiere)
John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony (2nd movement ”Panic”)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

3pm
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Folke Rabe: to love
BBC Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor

c.3:40pm
Earth Day...
Britten: Four Sea Interludes (4th movement ”Storm”)
Ginastera: Estancia (2nd movement: Danza del Trigo)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

R Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor

Colin Riley: The Smallest Play of Leaves, third movement from 'Earth Voices’
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
David Niemann, conductor

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