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The German Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven

This week Afternoon Concert features performances from Berlin. Today, the German Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Symphony No 1 and the Berlin Philharmonic play Lutoslawski.

This week Afternoon Concert features performances from Berlin ensembles. Today it's the German Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic with symphonies by Beethoven and Lutoslawski. Plus we’re in Montreal for music by Bach and Richard Strauss, Kirill Gerstein plays Stravinsky, and there’s music by Dvorak, Gounod, Graupner, Nino Rota, Grazyna Bacewicz, Joanne Metcalf and Stanislava Stoytcheva.

Presented by Ian Skelly

Grazyna Bacewicz - Overture
BBC Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

c. 2.10
Witold Lutoslawski - Symphony No.1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

c. 2.35
Nino Rota - La Strada
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

c. 2.40
Charles Gounod transc. Franz Liszt - Valse from Faust
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

c. 2.50
Joanne Metcalf - Gold and Thorns, Fire and Ice
singer pur (choir)

3pm
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21
German Symphony Orchestra
Cornelius Meister (conductor)

c. 3.25
JS Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G, BWV.1049
Vincent Lauzer / Caroline Tremblay (recorders)
Pascale Giguere (violin)
Les Violons du Roy
Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

c. 3.45
Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for Piano & Winds
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

c. 4.10
Antonin Dvorak - Othello, Op.93
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

c. 4.25
Boris Blacher - Blues, Espagnola and Rumba Philharmonica
12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

c. 4.40
Richard Strauss - Serenade in E flat for 13 Winds, Op.7
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 28 Apr 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Agitata da tempeste, Dido's aria from 'Dido, Queen of Carthage'

    Singer: Shakèd Bar. Orchestra: Darmstadt Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Alessandro Quarta.

  • Witold Lutosławski

    Symphony No. 1

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

  • Nino Rota

    La Strada

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Orchestra: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Charles Gounod

    Valse, from 'Faust, S. 407'

    Composer: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.

  • Joanne Metcalf

    Gold and Thorns, Fire and Ice

    Choir: Singer Pur.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Cornelius Meister.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G, BWV.1049

    Performer: Vincent Lauzer. Performer: Caroline Tremblay. Performer: Pascale Giguère. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Stanislava Stoytcheva

    A Birthday

    Choir: Singer Pur.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • Boris Blacher

    Blues, Espagnola und Rumba Philharmonica, for 12 solo cellos

    Orchestra: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Singer: Norma Burrowes. Singer: Sheila Armstrong. Singer: Susan Longfield. Singer: Marie Hayward. Singer: Alfreda Hodgson. Singer: Gloria Jennings. Singer: Shirley Minty. Singer: Meriel Dickinson. Singer: Ian Partridge. Singer: Bernard Dickerson. Singer: John Noble. Singer: Christopher Keyte. Singer: Wynford Evans. Singer: Richard Angas. Singer: John Carol Case. Singer: Kenneth Bowen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music etc: Sir Adrian Boult.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat for 13 Winds, Op.7

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Rafael Payare.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.159

    Performer: Luc Beauséjour.
    • ANALEKTA.

  • Cole Porter

    Night and Day, from 'Gay Divorce'

    Performer: Nadia Trohin. Ensemble: Romanian Radio Big Band. Conductor: Ionel Tudor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Apr 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3