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Presented by Penny Gore. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic in Karlowicz: Eternal Songs. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ SO in Novak: In the Tatras. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ SSO in Beethoven: Symphony No 6 and Strauss: An Alpine Symphony.

Penny Gore launches Afternoon on 3's new season with summer sounds from the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Orchestras. She ends the week with an intrepid expedition led by three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Orchestras into the countryside and mountains of central Europe. Experienced mountain guide Donald Runnicles leads his Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra on a relaxed tramp through Beethoven's pastoral landscape (and a passing storm) before setting out on day-long traverse of an Alpine peak, as mapped out by Richard Strauss.

And to set the scene, we visit the small but perfectly formed Tatra mountain range on the border between Poland and Slovakia. Polish composer Mieczyslaw Karlowicz and his Czech contemporary Vítezslav Novák both loved these mountains - Novák even pioneered a route up one of the highest peaks, and Karlowicz was killed there in a skiing accident at the age of only 32 - and in the early years of the twentieth century, a decade before Strauss, they each wrote symphonic poems inspired by their Tatran experiences.

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Eternal Songs
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic,
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor).

c. 2.25pm
Vítezslav Novák: In the Tatras
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra,
Jakub Hrusa (conductor).

c. 2.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F major (Pastoral)
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

c. 3.30pm
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Sep 2012 14:00

Music Played

  • Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

    Eternal Songs. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

  • Vítezslav Novák

    In the Tatras. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jakub Hrusa

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 6 in F major (Pastoral). Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ SSO, conductor Donald Runnicles

  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Sep 2012 14:00