Episode 1
With Louise Fryer. Bowen: Symphony No 1. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Sibelius: Symphony No 2. Britten, arr Matthews: A Charm of Lullabies. Plus Glinka, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich.
This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme includes Bowen's Symphony no.1 alongside music written in the same year by Mahler and Sibelius. Plus at 4pm there's 'The Music of Russia' to complement Martin Sixsmith's Russian history series 'Russia: the Wild East' over on Radio 4.
Presented by Louise Fryer
2pm
Bowen: Symphony no.1 in G major
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
3pm
Sibelius: Symphony no.2 in D major
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
Britten arr Matthews: A Charm of Lullabies
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
4pm The Music of Russia
Glinka: Overture to 'A Life for the Tsar'
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor)
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River (Khovanshchina)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov (conductor)
4.15pm
Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Elgar: Coronation March, Op.65
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor).
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- Mon 25 Apr 2011 14:00Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3