Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Eric Coates' The Three Elizabeths Suite

Eric Coates' The Three Elizabeths Suite

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Eric Coates' The Three Elizabeths Suite

With the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by John Wilson.

Eric Coates' The Three Elizabeths Suite with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by John Wilson, and our final instalment of Rachmaninov (All-Night Vigil) with the Berlin Radio Chorus.

Penny Gore introduces a performance of Eric Coates' The Three Elizabeths Suite with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by John Wilson, who also play more music by Coates, his Television March; and our final instalment of Rachmaninov (All-Night Vigil) with the Berlin Radio Chorus. Also today, the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth with Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Telemann's Concerto for flute, recorder and strings with Musica Antigua Koln, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum, with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants.

Eric Coates: Television March
BBC Philharmonic 
John Wilson, conductor

Rachmaninov: Vespers (All-Night Vigil), op. 37, Nos. 13-15
Tropar 'Dnes' spasenije' (Troparion: Today Salvation is Come)  
Tropar 'Voskres iz groba' (Troparion: Thou Didst Rise)    
Vzbrannoj vojevode (To Thee, Victorious Leader)
Judith Simonis, alto
Holger Marks, tenor
Berlin Radio Chorus 
Gijs Leenaards, conductor

Telemann: Concerto for flute, recorder and strings (TWV.52:e1) in E minor
Musica Antigua Koln

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major (Op.11 No.1) 
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor

Puccini: Crisantemi, for string quartet
Puccini Quartet

3pm
Eric Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite
BBC Philharmonic 
John Wilson, conductor

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole vers. for 2 pianos, Feria
Sergio Tiempo & Karin Lechner, pianos

Haydn: Haydn: Violin Concerto In A, Hob. VII A No. 3 - 1. Moderato
Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Orchestra of the Champs-Elysées
Alessandro Moccia, conductor

Charpentier: Te Deum
Les Arts Florissants 
William Christie, conductor

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