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Afternoon Concert: Beethoven - Symphony no.6 'Pastoral'

Beethoven - Symphony no.6 'Pastoral'

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Beethoven - Symphony no.6 'Pastoral'

Penny Gore presents Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony in a performance from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Plus Chopin from pianist Yumeka Nakagawa in concert in Cologne.

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 Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony in a performance from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ryan Wigglesworth. 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 Ulster Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm
Tailleferre Overture
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Mozart Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je maman’, K.265
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)
 
Jonathan Dove Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Glen Dempsey (organ)
Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

Handel Concerto no. 13 in F major HWV.295 (The Cuckoo and the nightingale) 
Istvan Ella (organ)
Corelli Chamber Orchestra

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Dresden State Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)

3pm
Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68, ‘Pastoral’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Chopin 24 Preludes, Op.28 – no 7-9
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)

Warlock Capriol Suite vers. for string orchestra 
Nash Ensemble
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

c.4.15
Chopin 24 Preludes, Op.28 – no 10-12
Yumeka Nakagawa (piano)

Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia Cumbres (Summits)
Ulster Orchestra
Pablo Urbina (conductor)

Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor
Juilliard String Quartet

Borodin In the steppes of central Asia [V sredney Azii] 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

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