Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Tuesday - BBC Proms - Mahler's Seventh Symphony

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Tuesday - BBC Proms - Mahler's Seventh Symphony

BBC Proms 2023

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Proms 2023, Tuesday - BBC Proms - Mahler's Seventh Symphony

Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler's Seventh Symphony.

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Seventh Symphony in E minor, 'Song of the Night'. Leila Josefowicz joins them for Berg's Violin Concerto.

Presented by Ian Skelly including another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Mahler's Symphony No 7, 'Song of the Night', and Berg's heartbreaking Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz.

Also, more from Bach's Art of Fugue at the Schwetzingen Festival.

Including:

Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo in C major, Op. 34
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor

J.S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Contrapunctus 6 a 4, in stilo francese
Les inAttendus

c.2.13pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live, Thursday 10th August)
Presented by Martin Handley

Berg: Violin Concerto 
Leila Josefowicz, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

2.35pm
Artist choice TBC

c.2.55pm
J.S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Contrapunctus 7 a 4, per augmentationem et diminutionem
Les inAttendus

c.3pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live, Thursday 10th August)
Presented by Martin Handley

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.4.15pm
Vogler: O welch Entzücken
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Concerto Koln

J.S. Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Contrapunctus 8 a 3
Les inAttendus

c.4.35pm
Holst: The Perfect Fool
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, 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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