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Afternoon Concert: Sibelius - Symphony no.2

Sibelius - Symphony no.2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Sibelius - Symphony no.2

Penny Gore presents Sibelius Symphony no.2 in a performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Plus, Debussy from the brilliant young pianist Yumeka Nakagawa.

Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon Concert featuring new recordings from the BBC performing groups and the European Broadcasting Union. Today's 3 o'clock moment is Sibelius Symphony no.2 in a performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Anthony Hermus. Also featured across the week is a performance from the brilliant young pianist Yumeka Nakagawa in concert in Cologne. Plus other new recordings from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm 
Grant Still Threnody: In memory of Jean Sibelius
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Avlana Eisenberg (conductor)

Coates Cinderella
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Debussy Excerpts from 'Préludes, Book 1' 
(no 4: Sons et les parfums tournet, 3: Vent dans la plaine, 8: Fille aux cheveux de lin, 12: Minstrels)
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)

Smetana Blanik from Ma Vlast
Ulster Orchestra
Pablo Urbina (conductor)

3pm
Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Anthony Hermus (conductor)

Chopin 24 Preludes, Op.28 – no 19-21
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)

c.4.10
Chopin 24 Preludes, Op.28 – no 22-24
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)

Dvorak In Nature's Realm, op. 91, concert overture
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

Carwithen Suffolk Suite for orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat, Op.26
Maximiliano Martin (clarinet)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Janiczek (conductor)

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