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With Louise Fryer. Bowen: Symphony No 1. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Sibelius: Symphony No 2. Britten, arr Matthews: A Charm of Lullabies. Plus Glinka, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich.

This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme includes Bowen's Symphony no.1 alongside music written in the same year by Mahler and Sibelius. Plus at 4pm there's 'The Music of Russia' to complement Martin Sixsmith's Russian history series 'Russia: the Wild East' over on Radio 4.

Presented by Louise Fryer

2pm
Bowen: Symphony no.1 in G major
成人快手 Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

3pm
Sibelius: Symphony no.2 in D major
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Britten arr Matthews: A Charm of Lullabies
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

4pm The Music of Russia
Glinka: Overture to 'A Life for the Tsar'
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor)

Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River (Khovanshchina)
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov (conductor)

4.15pm
Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Elgar: Coronation March, Op.65
成人快手 Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor).

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