Afternoon on 3 - Orchestras of Radio France - Episode 2

Today's programme could be subtitled 'beginnings and endings'. A pair of unfinished symphonies are teamed with music from the very beginning of Mahler's career - a symphonic movement originally composed for his 1st symphony and a choral cantata based on a fairy-tale about knights, castles and minstrels. The presenter is Louise Fryer. Mahler: Blumine (Symphonic Movement) Orchestra National de France Daniele Gatti, conductor 2.10pm Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung, conductor 2.40pm Mahler: Das klagende Lied Melanie Diener, soprano Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Nikolai Andrei Schukoff, tenor Markus Werba, baritone Soloists from La Maîtrise de Radio France Radio France Chorus Orchestra National de France Daniele Gatti, conductor 3.50pm Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung, conductor.