Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: The Mountain King (2/2)

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

The Mountain King (2/2)

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Mountain King (2/2)

The conclusion of Alfven's ballet-pantomime The Mountain King.

The conclusion of Alfven's ballet-pantomime The Mountain King with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, plus music from the Helsingborg Guitar Festival.

Ian Skelly introduces the best of recordings from around Europe.

Concluding his week of music from Denmark and Sweden, Ian introduces Acts 2 and 3 of Hugo Alfvén's epic 'ballet-pantomime' The Mountain King, performed by Malmö Symphony Orchestra with conductor Patrik Ringborg. There's more music for 2 guitars, recorded at Helsingborg Guitar Festival with the Swedish duo of Mats Bergström and Göran Söllscher. The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu perform Dvorak's symphonic poem The Golden Spinning Wheel, based on the macabre folk tale from Erben's 'Kytice', and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is joined by cellist Jakob Koranyi in Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi's cello concerto 'Highlands', inspired by the Scottish countryside.

Including:

Mozart: Adagio in E flat major, K 261
Clarissa Bevilacqua, violin
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
Ivor Bolton, conductor

Lille Bror Söderlundh: Little Waltz
Debussy arr. Krause: Cakewalk from Children's Corner
Mats Bergström, guitar
Göran Söllscher, guitar

Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op 109
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

c. 3pm
Alfvén: The Mountain King, Acts 2 & 3
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Patrik Ringborg, conductor

Sor: Souvenir de Russie
Mats Bergström, guitar
Göran Söllscher, guitar

Andrea Tarrodi: Cello Concerto, 'Highlands'
Jakob Koranyi (cello)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
David Niemann, conductor

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