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Episode 4

Afternoon ConcertBBC Philharmonic
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Penny Gore with music from the BBC Philharmonic. Strauss: Serenade in E flat. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite. Elgar: Violin Concerto (soloist: James Ehnes). Beethoven: Symphony No 3.

Penny Gore presents the final programme in this week of performances by the BBC Philharmonic with a youthful wind serenade by Richard Strauss, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, James Ehnes as soloist in Elgar's lyrical Violin Concerto, and the last of this week's Beethoven symphonies, his third, the 'Eroica', initially dedicated to Napoleon before Beethoven lost all respect for his former hero.

2pm
Strauss: Serenade in E flat, Op 7
BBC Philharmonic winds
John Storgards, conductor

2.10pm
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945)
BBC Philharmonic
Dmitri Jurowski, conductor

2.40pm
Elgar: Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis, conductor

3.30pm
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)
BBC Philharmonic
Paul Daniel, conductor.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 26 Jun 201514:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean [1865-1957] Sibelius

    "Mazurka" from 5 Pieces Op. 81 for Violin and Piano

    Performer: Lauma Skride. Performer: Baiba Skride.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major (Op.7) for 13 wind instruments

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Winds. Performer: John Storgårds.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite

    Conductor: Dmitri Jurowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Concerto in B minor (Op.61) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Sir Andrew Davis.

Credit

PerformerBBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Jun 201514:00
    BBC Radio 3