Afternoon Performance

2 May 2005

Monday 2 May 2005 14:00-15:40 (Radio 3)

This week, Afternoon Performance is featuring music for soprano and orchestra.

Edward Seckerson presents the final work of a composer whose love for the soprano voice was well known - Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, sung by Rebecca Evans with the BBC Philharmonic. That's followed by Beethoven's heroic Symphony No 3.

Duration:

1 hour 40 minutes

Playlist:

Rossini: William Tell Overture
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Strauss: Four Last Songs
Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Jason Lai (conductor)

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Eroica
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Afternoon Performance

Episode and Playlist Information

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