Afternoon on 3 - Mahler - Mahler and Vienna - Part 3

Today's Afternoon on 3 features the music of Beethoven - another composer Mahler admired, conducting his Fidelio at the Vienna State Opera. There's also music by Wolf, a fellow student at the Vienna Conservatory, and by Mahler himself. Presented by Penny Gore. 2pm Beethoven: Leonora Overture no.2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov, conductor 2.15pm Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Marjana Lipovsek, contralto Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink, conductor 2.45pm Wolf: Penthesilea 3.15pm Beethoven: Symphony no.4 in B flat major Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra Lothar Zagrosek, conductor.