Afternoon on 3 - Mahler - Mahler and Nature - Part 3

Featuring at 2pm, a live concert by the BBC Singers on a theme of Mahler and Nature including music by Dvorak, Smetana, Mahler, Berg and Strauss. There's more nature themed music by Dvorak, his symphonic poem "A Hero's Song", whose premiere was conducted by Mahler. Then there's Benjamin Britten's arrangement of the second movement from Mahler's 3rd Symphony "What the flowers tell me", and more Mahler songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. 2pm "Tales from Vienna Woods" BBC Singers "Live" from St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, conducted by James Morgan and introduced by Richard Coles, including: Mahler arr. Gottwald: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Dvorak: In Nature's Realm Strauss: 7 Lieder (1880) Smetana: Sbory trojhlasne 3pm Dvorak: A Hero's Song (Op.111) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Mahler arr. Britten: What the wild flowers tell me Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden, conductor.