Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Rachmaninov's Third Symphony

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Rachmaninov's Third Symphony

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Rachmaninov's Third Symphony in Frankfurt, and Renaissance madrigals.

Rachmaninov's Symphony No 3 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Renaissance madrigals with La Compagnia del Madrigale, and Charpentier's Te deum with ensemble Les Surprises.

Penny Gore introduces Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 with Andris Poga conducting, today's 3pm work in a week-long focus on the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Also today, Renaissance madrigals from around the time of Gesualdo, performed by La Compagnia del Madrigale, Marc-Antoine's Charpentier's Te deum, with soloists, choir and orchestra of the Ensemble Les Surprises, and the BBC performing groups with music by Korngold, Shostakovich and Bellini.

Including:

Korngold: Robin Hood and his Merry Men (from The Adventures of Robin Hood)
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 (1st movement)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gerd Heidger, conductor

c.2.20pm
d'India: Ecco morirò dunque
Gesualdo: Io tacerò 
La Compagnia del Madrigale
 
Chaminade: Thème varié for piano, Op 89
Christian Hadland, piano

Shostakovich: Festive Overture Op.96
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

3pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 44
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga, conductor

Bellini: I Capuleti ed i Montecchi (Overture)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

c.4.05pm
Charpentier: Te deum
Ensemble Les Surprises, soloists, choir and orchestra
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, conductor

Saint-Saens: Morceau de concert, Op 94, arr. for horn and harp
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Ellie Johnston, harp

Nenna: Ecco, o dolce, o gradita
Tagliavia: Ancidetemi cruda 
La Compagnia del Madrigale

Revueltas: Sensemayá
Houston Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

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