Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3 in C minor, 'Organ', Op 78

Ian Skelly - Afternoon Concert

Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3 in C minor, 'Organ', Op 78

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3 in C minor, 'Organ', Op 78

Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja performs with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.

The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja perform Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3, 'Organ'. The BBC SSO play Tippett's Fantasia on a theme by Handel.

Ian Skelly introduces a performance of Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 ('Organ'), with soloist Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja, accompanied by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Janis Liepins. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Tippett's Fantasia on a Theme by Handel, for piano and orchestra, with Steven Osborne as soloist. Also, the 1st movement, from Amy Beach's Symphony in E minor, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; and Charpentier's Mass for various instruments, with Concerto Koln. And more Croatian folk music with the HRT Tamburitza Orchestra and musicians of the LADO National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia.

Including,

2pm
Korngold: Baby Serenade, Op. 24: I. Overture. Baby tritt in die Welt
Bruckner Orchestra Linz
Caspar Richter, conductor

Gluck: Overture, 'Iphigénie en Aulide' 
Orchestre Symphonique Bienne
Thomas Rosner, conductor

Francesca Caccini: Romanesca 
Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini 
Gian Luca Lastraioli, director

Charpentier: Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues, H. 513 – Gloria 
Vokalensemble Koln
Musica Antiqua Koln 
Reinhard Goebel, director

3pm
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 ('Organ') 
Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja, organ; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra 
Janis Liepins, conductor

Chopin: Rondo in C major B.27, Op.73 for piano
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 'Gaelic': 1st movement; Allegro con fuoco
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jervi, conductor

Tippett: Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, for piano and orchestra
Steven Osborne, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Maryn Brabbins, conductor

Boyce: Symphony no. 1 in B flat major
English Concert 
Trevor Pinnock, director

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