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Tuesday - Rachmaninov's Second Symphony

The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra play Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony, plus Janacek from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Takemitsu from the BBC Philharmonic.

Fiona Talkington continues this week of Afternoon Concert featuring performances from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and from some of the great German orchestras.

Today the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra performs Rachmaninov’s mighty Second Symphony in Saarbrücken with conductor Pietari Inkinen, and Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish in Janacek’s Sinfonietta. Plus every day this week you can hear Buxtehude’s organ music played by Ton Koopman in Copenhagen, vocal music from the ensemble Voces8 and pieces by Toru Takemitsu from the BBC Philharmonic.

Including:

Dvorak: Overture - Armida, Op.115
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D minor
Ton Koopman (organ)

Takemitsu: Vers l’arc-en-ciel, Palma
Juliana Koch (oboe)
BBC Philharmonic
Christian Karlsen (conductor)

Clara Schumann: Nocturne (Soirees Musicales, Op.6)
David Quigley (piano)

c. 2.30pm
Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis
Voces8

Beethoven: Coriolan, Op.62
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

3pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

c. 4pm
Handel: Agitato da fiere tempeste [Oreste]
Jakub Jozef Orlinski (tenor)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Zefira Valova (conductor)

Janacek: Sinfonietta
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Tue 21 Mar 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Overture to Armida

    Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • SWR music.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161

    Performer: Ton Koopman.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Vers l'arc-en-ciel, Palma, for oboe d'amore, guitar and orchestra

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Karlsen.

  • Clara Schumann

    Notturno, Op.6 No.2

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.

  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis, from 'Cantiones Sacrae'

    Choir: VOCES8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan, Op.62

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor

    Performer: Martynas. Performer: Vadimas Vystavkinas. Orchestra: Mikroorkestra.

  • Johann Jakob Löwe von Eisenach

    Suite No.3 in G minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Promena.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27

    Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Agitato da fiere tempeste [Oreste]

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Zefira Valova.

  • John Adams

    Violin Concerto (3rd movement: Toccare)

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    The Ascension (Rosary Sonata No 12)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Alison McGillivray. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Piece in E major

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Ethel Smyth - Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 004.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Mar 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3