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Korngold’s Straussiana live with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Step into Vienna’s golden age of the waltz with a live concert from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Mark Forrest introduces music from the Belfast International Arts Festival.

Mark Forrest brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making. The BBC Philharmonic and conductor Leslie Suganandarajah present a programme showcasing Vienna’s golden age, full of splendour, opulence and charm, live from Media City UK. Plus, to continue the theme of dance, excerpts from Prokofiev's Cinderella performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Also today, highlights from the Belfast International Arts Festival. Pianist Charles Owen performs Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte and is joined by pianist Katya Apekisheva for Schubert's Fantasie in F minor.

Sergei Prokofiev
Cinderella (excerpts)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Charles Owen (piano)

Franz Schubert
Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Charles Owen (piano)
Katya Apekisheva (piano)

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BBC Philharmonic Live

Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube

Ferruccio Busoni
Tanzwalzer, Op. 53

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Straussiana

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier: suite

BBC Philharmonic
Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 Dec 202513:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella (excerpts)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antony Hermus.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Charles Owen.

  • Carl Heinrich Graun

    Oratorium in Festum nativitatis Christi: O wunderbares Kind; Die Sterblichkeit gebiert

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Gottfried von der Goltz.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor, D. 940

    Performer: Charles Owen. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.

  • Martha McLorinan

    Christmas Day (Arr. for 2 Voices, Choir & Orchestra by Owain Park)

    Singer: Jimmy Holliday. Singer: London Choral Sinfonia. Singer: Michael Waldron.

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schönen blauen Donau

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Tanzwalzer Op.53

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Straussiana

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier - Suite

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah.

  • Matthew Halls

    Nightingale Dances

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.

  • Max Bruch

    Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op. 88

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Pierre Génisson. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Dec 202513:00
    BBC Radio 3