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Richard Coles introduces a concert given at St Pauls by the BBC Singers centring on theme of Mahler and nature. With works by Dvorak, Smetana, Strauss, Webern and Berg.

Featuring at 2pm, a live concert by the BBC Singers on a theme of Mahler and Nature including music by Dvorak, Smetana, Mahler, Berg and Strauss. There's more nature themed music by Dvorak, his symphonic poem "A Hero's Song", whose premiere was conducted by Mahler. Then there's Benjamin Britten's arrangement of the second movement from Mahler's 3rd Symphony "What the flowers tell me", and more Mahler songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

2pm
"Tales from Vienna Woods"
BBC Singers "Live" from St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, conducted by James Morgan and introduced by Richard Coles, including:
Mahler arr. Gottwald: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Dvorak: In Nature's Realm
Strauss: 7 Lieder (1880)
Smetana: Sbory trojhlasne

3pm
Dvorak: A Hero's Song (Op.111)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

Mahler arr. Britten: What the wild flowers tell me
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor.

2 hours

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Wed 6 Oct 201014:00
BBC Radio 3

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  • Wed 6 Oct 201014:00
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