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Afternoon Concert: Thursday - Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Thursday - Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday - Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

Schubert's Ninth Symphony, 'The Great', conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.

Schubert's Ninth Symphony, 'The Great', conducted by John Eliot Gardiner with the Vienna Philharmonic.

Presented by Ian Skelly, with recordings by BBC orchestras and from concerts around Europe.

Today, the 80th birthday celebrations for Sir John Eliot Gardiner continue with the Vienna Philharmonic and Schubert's Ninth and final Symphony, 'The Great'. Also in the programme, Ian looks forward to Earth Day (Saturday 22 April) with music from a concert the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska gave at the Barbican in January, 'Our Precious Planet'. The family event explored the beauty and fragility of our world, and featured live projected illustrations by Grégoire Pont, who introduces the music for us this afternoon. Plus, JS Bach in The Netherlands, and Vassily Petrenko conducts Elgar in Hong Kong.

Including:

Wannenmacher: An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul van Nevel, conductor

R Schumann: Märchenbilder, op. 113 (arr. for cello and harp)
Raphaela Gromes, cello
Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
Julian Riem, piano

c.2:30pm
Earth Day...
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for birds (3rd movement)
Kaija Saariaho: L’Aile du songe, Concerto for flute and orchestra (4th movement, ‘Terreste l’oiseau dansant’)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

c.2:45pm
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Laura Aikin, soprano 
MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley, conductor

3pm
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Vienna Philharmonic
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

c.3.55pm
Earth Day...
Dani Howard: Argentum 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

JS Bach: Cantata, In allen meinen Täten, BWV.97
Marta Paklar, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
Netherlands Bach Society 
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, op. 40 ('In London Town')
Hong Kong Philharmonic
Vassily Petrenko, conductor

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