Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

With Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under conductor Joana Mallwitz.

Beethoven's Symphony No 7 with Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under Joana Mallwitz, and Brahms' Nanie for orchestra and chorus with the Berlin Philharmonic and Radio Chorus.

Penny Gore introduces a recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 with the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under conductor Joana Mallwitz. We hear the Ulster Orchestra with Ravel's Menuet antique, arranged for orchestra, and also Brahms' Nanie for orchestra and chorus, with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Berlin Radio Chorus.

Including,

2pm
Lehar: Die lustige Witwe, (The Merry Widow) Act II: Entracte Vilja-Lied
Frankfurter Opern und Museumorchester
Joanna Mallwitz, conductor

Monteverdi: Magnificat Primo a 8 (Selva morale e spirituale 1640-1641)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director

Ravel: Menuet antique arr. for orchestra [orig. for piano] 
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

Brahms: Nanie for chorus and orchestra (Op.82)
Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major
Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra 
Joana Mallwitz, conductor 

JS Bach: Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard (BWV.971) in F major
Andras Schiff, piano

Fanny Mendelssohn: Quartet in E flat major for strings: 3rd movement; Romanze 
Ebene Quartet

Reger: Sinfonietta, Op. 90, II. Allegro Vivace, Moderato, Tempo I
Bamberger Symphoniker;
Horst Stein, conductor

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