
Episode 1
Presented by Penny Gore. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra performs music by Beethoven and Dvorak. Plus the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in works by William Mathias, Julian Philips and Michael Finnissy.
This week Afternoon on 3 features the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO make a particular feature of music by Beethoven and Dvorak, and tomorrow you can hear the concert they gave on Saturday at the Barbican in London, featuring Mahler and Shostakovich. Today's selection includes studio performances of two popular concertos - Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 3, and Dvorak's Violin Concerto - along with Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
And throughout the week the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers perform music by late twentieth and early twenty-first century British composers, with a particular focus on the Welsh composer William Mathias, and on a new Choirbook for the Queen - contemporary anthems written to celebrate the Queens' Diamond Jubilee last year.
Presented by Penny Gore.
2pm
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Andrew Gourlay (conductor).
2.45pm
William Mathias: A May Magnificat, Op. 79 no. 2
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
Joe Cooper (glockenspiel),
Stephen Cleobury (conductor).
2.55pm
Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
Tai Murray (violin),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).
3.30pm
Choirbook for the Queen:
*Julian Philips: Church music
[soprano solo: Jennifer Adams-Barbaro; mezzo-soprano solo: Jacqueline Fox]
Michael Finnissy: Sincerity
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
*with Stephen Disley (organ),
Stephen Cleobury (conductor).
3.40pm
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op. 92
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Kazuki Yamada (conductor).
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Music Played
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op.37
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William Mathias
A May Magnificat, Op.79'2
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53
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Julian Philips
Church Music
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Michael Finnissy
Sincerity
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major, Op.92
Broadcast
- Mon 27 May 2013 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3