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Episode 4

Penny Gore presents music. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. Liszt: Mazeppa. Britten: Cello Symphony. Liszt: A Faust Symphony. Mussorgsky, arr Howarth: Pictures at an Exhibition.

2011 sees the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth and this week Afternoon on Three marks the occasion with performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras of some of his passionate and colourful tone poems. The week also sees the release of a new recording of Britten by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Plus a special focus on music from the recent Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Ulster Orchestra
Stefan Sanderling (conductor)

Liszt: Mazeppa
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Britten: Cello Symphony
Paul Watkins (cello)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Edward Gardner (conductor)

3pm
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4.20pm
Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Elgar Howarth): Pictures at an Exhibition
Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
Thomas Clamor (conductor).

3 hours

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Fri 4 Mar 2011 14:00

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  • Fri 4 Mar 2011 14:00