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Tuesday - Pau Casals Festival Orchestra

This week, Afternoon Concert features French orchestras - today it's the turn of the Pau Casals Festival Orchestra with music by Saint-Saens and Beethoven.

This week Afternoon Concert features French orchestras - today it's the turn of the Pau Casals Festival Orchestra with music by Saint-Saens and Beethoven. Plus we celebrate John Williams's 90th birthday with his music for the screen and concert hall. And there's Czech music from Smetana and Dvorak.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

2pm
John Williams Theme from 'Jurassic Park'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
John Williams (conductor)

c.2.10
Bedrich Smetana String Quartet No. 2 in D minor
Pavel Haas Quartet

c.2.35
Olivier Messiaen Les Offrandes oubliées, méditation symphonique
Orchestre National de France
Christian Măcelaru (conductor)

c.3pm
Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 119
Sol Gabetta (cello)
Pau Casals Festival Orchestra
Pierre Bleuse (conductor)

c.3.25
Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan, op. 62, overture
Pau Casals Festival Orchestra
Pierre Bleuse (conductor)

c.3.35
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)

c.3.55
John Williams Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
Bruno Delepelaire (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
John Williams (conductor)

c.4.05
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 6 in D, op. 60
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Tomas Hanus (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 8 Feb 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Theme from 'Jurassic Park'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Pau Casals Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Les Offrandes oubliées, méditation symphonique

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.

  • John Williams

    Harry's Wondrous World, from 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 119

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Pau Casals Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.

  • Traditional Catalonia

    El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Orchestra: Pau Casals Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan, op. 62, overture

    Orchestra: Pau Casals Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

    Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva.

  • John Williams

    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: Bruno Delepelaire. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 6 in D, op. 60

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Tomáš Hanus.

  • Michael Head

    St Mark's Square (Three Songs of Venice)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Feb 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3