Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: The Inextinguishable

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

The Inextinguishable

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Inextinguishable

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra perform Nielsen's Symphony No 4.

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No 4, 'The Inextinguishable'.

Ian Skelly with a selection of performances from BBC ensembles and from concert halls around Europe.

Today's 3pm spotlight is Carl Nielsen's 4th Symphony, 'The Inextinguishable', performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi, recorded at the DR Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark. Plus we have more Norwegian fiddle music from violinist Ragnhild Hemsing.

Including:

Niels Gade: Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op.20: iv. Finale Allegro molto vivace
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Johan Halvorsen: Norwegian Dance No. 2, for violin and piano
Ragnhild Hemsing, fiddle
Mario Häring, piano

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A, S. 125
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Isaac Hirshow: Kol Gojim
BBC Singers
Paul Brough, conductor
Tom Raskin, tenor

Claude Debussy: Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Anastasia Kobekina, cello
Elisabeth Brauss, piano

3pm
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op. 29 ('The Inextinguishable')
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda (Symphonic Ballad)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor

Edvard Grieg: Andante con moto in C minor
Ragnhild Hemsing, violin
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Mario Häring, piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade for Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor

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