Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Iestyn Davies sings Bach

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Iestyn Davies sings Bach

BBC Proms 2023

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Proms 2023, Iestyn Davies sings Bach

Celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies sings Bach at the Proms with The English Concert.

Celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies sings Bach at the Proms with The English Concert, and the Berlin Philharmonic play music by Richard Strauss.

Penny Gore introduces another chance to hear countertenor Iestyn Davies recent Proms performance with The English Concert, in a late night programme of music by JS Bach with the conductor Kristian Bezuidenhout.

And there's Richard Strauss from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, including his tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Santiago Canon-Valencia plays Gershwin.

Including:

CPE Bach: Symphony in G major Wq.183 No.4 (3rd movement; Presto)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze, conductor

R. Strauss: Ständchen, op. 17/2
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Gershwin: 3 Preludes arr. for cello and piano (arr. Yo-Yo Ma/Jascha Heifetz)
Santiago Canon-Valencia, cello
Naoko Sonoda, piano

c.2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Friday 25th August)
Introduced by Hannah French

JS Bach: Cantata No. 170, ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’ 
JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major 
JS Bach: Cantata No. 35, ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’ 
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
The English Concert
Kristian Bezuidenhout, conductor

c.3.15pm
Proms artist choice: Iestyn Davies 

c.3.35pm
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, 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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