Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Dvorak's Eighth Symphony

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Dvorak's Eighth Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dvorak's Eighth Symphony

Dvorak in optimistic mood with the Ulster Orchestra.

Dvorak in optimistic mood with the Ulster Orchestra, plus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in Salzburg and Nielsen's Hymnus Amoris in Copenhagen.

Ian Skelly presents great concert performances from across Europe and from the BBC performing groups, this week featuring the Ulster Orchestra every day at 3pm. Today, they perform Dvorak's Symphony No.8. Plus, Daniel Ottensamer is the soloist in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Camerata Salzburg, a rare performance of Carl Nielsen's radiant choral work Hymnus Amoris from Copenhagen, and more from Nordic folk trio Dreamer's Circus.

Including:

Nielsen: Maskarade – Overture
Danish National Symphony Orchestra 
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Ruth Gipps: Pan and Apollo
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jonathan Bloxham, conductor

Carr/Busk/Sorenssen: folk medley
Dreamers’ Circus
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra 
Christian Oland, conductor

Smetana: The Bartered Bride – Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock
Sally Matthews (soprano)
Thomas Watmough (clarinet)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

c.3pm
Dvorak: Symphony No.8
Ulster Orchestra 
Angus Webster, conductor

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto 
Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet)
Camerata Salzburg 
Ton Koopman, conductor

c4.15pm
Nielsen: Hymnus Amoris
Liv Redpath (soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor)
Danish National Junior Choir and Concert Choir 
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps
BBC Philharmonic 
Yan Pascal Toretelier, conductor

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