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Afternoon Concert: Holst's The Planets in Frankfurt

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Holst's The Planets in Frankfurt

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Holst's The Planets in Frankfurt

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Holst's The Planets.

Concert performances including Holst's The Planets in Frankfurt, Mozart in Barcelona with the Berlin Philharmonic and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem.

Fiona Talkington presents concert performances from across Europe.

Today's 3pm highlight is a performance of Holst's celestial suite The Planets with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also today, more from the King's Singers at the 2022 Montpelier Festival, Prokofiev's dramatic Romeo and Juliet ballet music in Jerusalem, Andras Schiff conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Beethoven, and conductor Hugh Wolff choses one of his favourite pieces especially for us: Debussy's atmospheric Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faun.

Including:

George Antheil: 
Nocturne in Skyrockets
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgords (conductor)

Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe 
Andras Schiff (conductor)

Trad. arr. Wallace Willis: Steal Away to Jesus
The King’s Singers

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts)
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra 
Conrad van Alphen (conductor)

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Holst: The Planets 
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Wolff (conductor)

Beth Orton arr. Christopher Bruerton: Call Me the Breeze
The King’s Singers

Debussy: Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faun
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

Chris de Souza: Missa Douacensis
BBC Singers
Chaconne Brass
Stephen Disley (organ)
David Hill (conductor)

Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

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