Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Monday - BBC Proms - Mahler's First Symphony

Fiona Talkington - Afternoon Concert

Monday - BBC Proms - Mahler's First Symphony

BBC Proms 2023

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Proms 2023, Monday - BBC Proms - Mahler's First Symphony

Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No 1 at the Proms.

Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No 1 at the Proms, plus Chorwerk Ruhr at the Schwetzingen Festival.

Presented by Fiona Talkington, including Mark Wigglesworth's recent Prom with the BBC Philharmonic, including new work by Grace-Evangeline Mason, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.1 with Stephen Hough, and Mahler's Symphony No.1

Also today and throughout the week, a concert of Renaissance and Baroque music from Chorwerk Ruhr and the ensemble Capella de la Torre, recorded recently at the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

Including:

Janacek: The Excursions of Mr Broucek - suite: no.2; Moon waltz
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor

Emily Hazrati: Drop down, ye Heavens, from above
BBC Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor

c.2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 18th July)
Presented by Tom McKinney

Grace-Evangeline Mason: ABLAZE THE MOON (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor 

Sir Stephen Hough, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor

c.2.55pm
Proms Artist Choice 

c.3.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Tuesday 18th July)
Presented by Tom McKinney

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 

BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor

c.4.10pm
Orologio: Intrada XXII (arr. Katharina Bauml)
Capella de la Torre
Katharina Bauml, director

Pacelli: Cantate Domino à 8
Chorwerk Ruhr
Florian Helgath, director

Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op.62 
Anastasia Kobekina, cello
Lilit Grigoryan, piano

c.4.35pm
Svendsen Carnival in Paris
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor

Bacewicz: Overture for orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Marta Gardolińska, 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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