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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 BBC Lunchtime Concert
From St John's, Smith Square, London.
Kiev Chamber Choir, director Mykola Gobdych Stephen Isserlis (cello)
Tavener Sviati (first UK broadcast) with liturgical music by Grechaninov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and other Russian and Ukrainian composers.
(Repeated next Sunday at 6.30pm)

2.00 Schools
The Song Tree
2.15 Storybox
2.25 Let's Move
2.45 First Steps in Drama

3.00 The BBC Orchestras: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
Martin Dalby Tower of Victory

Shostakovich Symphony No 9

3.45 Music for Organ
Played by Marie-Claire Alain in Westminster Cathedral.
Balbastre Ou s'en vont ces gais bergers? (Noels en variations)
Franck Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B minor
Albert Alain Carillon de Bougival; Scherzo in E minor; Toccata sur "Cantemus Domino"
Jehan Alain Variations sur un theme de Clement Jannequin; Choral Dorien; Litanies

4.30 Piano Man
Earl Hines, the acknowledged father of jazz piano, led a succession of exciting bands from 1928, in the second of six programmes, Alun Morgan recalls Hines's first band, formed when he was 25 and booked for a short engagement at the Grand Terrace. For much of the 12 years he played there, this Chicago ballroom was under the "protection" of Al Capone.

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe
Singers:
Kiev Chamber Choir
Music Director:
Mykola Gobdych
Cellist:
Stephen Isserlis
Organist:
Marie-Claire Alain
Presenter (Piano Man):
Alun Morgan

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