Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Britten's Violin Concerto

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Britten's Violin Concerto

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Britten's Violin Concerto

Carolin Widmann plays Britten's Violin Concerto.

Carolin Widmann plays Britten's Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, plus motets from the Bach family with ensemble amarcordplus, and BBC performing groups.

Penny Gore introduces recordings by the BBC performing groups and by groups across Europe, with a focus throughout this week on the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Today in Frankfurt, Carolin Widmann joins the orchestra as the soloist in Britten's Violin Concerto, the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays Holst's The Perfect fool, we have Ravel's Bolero from the BBC Philharmonic, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with music by Sibelius. There's also more from the early music ensemble amacordplus, with music from the Bach family in Germany. 

Including:

Josef Strauss: Fireproof polka
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaiksy, conductor

Liebholdt: Habe deine Lust an dem Herren
Schein: Da Jakob vollendet hatte 
Ensemble amarcordplus

c.2.20pm
Holst: The Perfect fool
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor

Mozart: Rondo in A minor K.511
Mitsuko Uchida, piano

Rossini: L' Italiana in Algeri - Overture 
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor

3pm
Britten: Violin Concerto, op. 15
Carolin Widmann, violin
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra 
Hugh Wolff, conductor

Artist Choice - Carolin Widmann:

Britten: 4 Sea interludes from 'Peter Grimes'; no.3; Moonlight
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Gardner, conductor

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Overture
Mozart: Deh vieni, non tardar, from 'Le nozze di Figaro'
Regula Mühlemann, soprano
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor

Ravel: Bolero
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

Schumann: 3 Romances, Op 94
Annelien van Wauwe, clarinet
Lucas Blondeel, piano

Sibelius: Kullervo goes to war (Kullervo)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

J.M. Bach: Unser Leben währet siebenzig Jahr 
J.C. Bach: Der Mensch, vom Weibe geboren, motet 
Ensemble amarcordplus

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