Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Wednesday - BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead

Fiona Talkington - Afternoon Concert

Wednesday - BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead

BBC Proms 2023

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Proms 2023, Wednesday - BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead

The Royal Northern Sinfonia perform music by Missy Mazzoli, Mozart and Brahms.

Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in a Prom at Sage Gateshead: Missy Mazzoli, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 with Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Brahms's Symphony No 2.

Presented by Fiona Talkington, including another chance to hear one of the recent Proms at Sage Gateshead. Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in a new piece by Missy Mazzoli, Mozart's Piano Concerto No.20 with soloist Kristian Bezuidenhout, and Brahms's Symphony No.2.

Plus more from Chorwerk Ruhr and Capella de la Torre at this summer's Schwetzingen Festival.

Including:

Pachelbel: Canon in D major
Daniel Hope, Lorenza Borrani & Lucy Gould (violins)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)
Stefan Rath (theorbo)
Jonathan Cohen (cello)

c.2.05pm
BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead (first broadcast live on Saturday 22nd July)
Presented by Tom McKinney
 
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor 

Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa, conductor

c.2.50pm
Proms Artist Choice

c.3pm
Praetorius: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director

c.3.05pm
BBC Proms at Sage Gateshead (first broadcast live on Saturday 22nd July)
Presented by Tom McKinney

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa, conductor

Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023

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Every day during the summer, Afternoon Concert includes performances from a recent Prom.

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