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Penny Gore continues a week of music-making from the American Mid-West. This afternoon is devoted to a concert by the Minnesota Orchestra with their Music Director Osmo V盲nsk盲, in which they're joined by the American-Korean violinist Esther Yoo to play Bruch's First Violin Concerto. Copland's Lincoln Portrait for orchestra and speaker, and Dvorak's celebration of the United States, his New World Symphony, complete the programme.

2pm
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26
Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (From the New World)
Alan C Page (speaker)
Esther Yoo (violin)
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor)

The US twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul have a long tradition of first class music making, and all this week Penny Gore introduces, on Afternoon Concert, recordings of their flagship ensembles, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra.

Today's programme is devoted to the Minnesota Orchestra, and a concert from last season in which the American-Korean violinist, and graduate of 大象传媒 Radio 3's New Generation Artists Scheme, Esther Yoo, joined the orchestra to play Bruch's First Violin Concerto, still considered one of the cornerstones of the violin repertoire. It's a cornerstone of the symphonic repertoire that follows: Dvorak's Ninth Symphony. The American themes it explores have earned it the soubriquet 'From the New World'. And it's an American work which opens proceedings: Copland's stately Lincoln Portrait for orchestra and speaker.