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Penny Gore presents music complementing the BBC Four Symphony series. Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F; Battle Symphony (Wellington's Victory). Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet.

Penny Gore continues Radio 3's month of programmes complementing the BBC4 series "Symphony" - including every note of every Symphony featured in the television series (which continues tonight). Today the BBC Concert Orchestra join in the fun of the Beethoven Symphony cycle with the famous performance of his bombastic Battle Symphony that helped launch Radio 3's Beethoven Experience in 2005: the music celebrated Wellington's victory in battle in 1813 and this appropriate venue for this outdoor performance was Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in London. The programme ends with Hector Berlioz's even more revolutionary 'Dramatic Symphony' inspired by Shakespeare.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Nov 201114:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 8 in F major

    Conductor: Michal Dworzynki Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wellingtons Sieg or Die Schlacht bei Vittoria (Battle symphony)

    Conductor: Brian Wright Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra

  • Hector Berlioz

    Romeo et Juliet

    Conductor: Thierry Fischer Performer: Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Performer: Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Performer: Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Performer: BBC National Chorus of Wales Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Cardiff Polyphonic Choir

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Nov 201114:00
    BBC Radio 3