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Episode 2

Afternoon ConcertAfternoon on 3
Episode 2 of 4

Music by Verdi and contemporaries. Verdi: 4 Pezzi sacri. Verdi: Macbeth (Act 3, Sc 1 ballet music). Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Verdi, orch Berio: 8 Romances.

Katie Derham continues her birthday celebration of Verdi with a focus on his sacred music

Verdi: 4 Pezzi sacri: Ave Maria (Scala enigmatica armonizzata ...), Stabat mater, Laudi alla Vergine, Te Deum
Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)

2.45pm
Verdi: Macbeth (Act 3, Scene 1 Ballet music)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård (conductor)

3pm
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Op.14
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)

3.55pm
Verdi orch. Berio: 8 Romances
Atalla Ayan (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 8 Oct 201314:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Four Sacred Pieces

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 3, Scene 1 Ballet music)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian (Rakoczy) march (La Damnation de Faust)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Eight Romances

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Simon Boccanegra: Prelude (1st version, 1857)

    Conductor: Edward Downes.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN9696.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Oct 201314:00
    BBC Radio 3