Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2

Fiona Talkington - Afternoon Concert

Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, plus music by Monteverdi from L'Arpeggiata.

Fiona Talkington presents great concert performances from the BBC performing groups and from across Europe. Today's 3pm highlight is a performance of Rachmaninov's Symphony No.2 with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also today, music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries performed by L'Arpeggiata directed by Christina Pluhar.

2.00pm 
Bellini
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi: Overture
BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
A sequence of music curated by Christina Pluhar & Marco Beasley
Scene 2
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Ballet Pastoral
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Michel Plasson, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
Scene 3
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

3.00pm
Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Sedivy, conductor

Monteverdi, etc
Remembering: Homo fugit velut umbra...
Scene 4
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, director

Martinu
Dream of the Past
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor

Bartok
Music for strings, percussion and celesta: Finale
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Malkki, conductor

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