Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Schubert's 'Great' Symphony

Manfred Honeck conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Schubert's 'Great' 9th Symphony.

Manfred Honeck conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Schubert's Ninth Symphony, the 'Great'.

Penny Gore with another afternoon of great performances from BBC ensembles and European concert halls. 

The 3pm highlight is Schubert's 9th Symphony, the 'Great', in a recent concert performance from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Manfred Honeck. Also today, there's more from a concert given by Frankfurt Radio Brass at Weilburg Castle, and the full Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra presents fascinating pairings of music by Arvo Part, Nielsen and Ravel, including his song cycle Shéhérazade. Plus Ravel's orchestral overture inspired by the same theme, played by the Radio France Philharmonic.

Including:

Copland: Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes: no.4; Hoe-down
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson, conductor

Ravel: Sheherazade, ouverture de feerie
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikko Franck, conductor

Arvo Part: Psalom for string orchestra (excerpt)
Nielsen: Excerpts from 'Aladdin'
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Constantinos Carydis, conductor

Lennon/J.S. Bach: Imagine / Jesu bleibet meine Freude
Frankfurt Radio Brass

Bartok: Transylvanian Dances
BBC Philharmonic

3pm
Schubert: Symphony No.9 ‘Great’ in C, D. 944 ('Great')
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 
Manfred Honeck, conductor

Oscar Petersen / J.S. Bach: Hymn to Freedom / Wachet auf
Frankfurt Radio Brass

Arvo Part: Psalom for string orchestra (excerpt)
Ravel: Shéhérazade, song cycle
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Constantinos Carydis, conductor

Rossini: Overture to 'La gazza ladra'
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

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