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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: On Tour

Afternoon Concert: On Tour: Episode 3

Episode 3

On Tour

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, On Tour, Episode 3

BBC Orchestras perform music by Hoddinott, Bartok, Strauss and Brahms.

With Penny Gore. BBC Orchestras in Hoddinott: Welsh Dances Suite No 2; Bartok: Concerto No 3 for piano and orchestra; Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; and Brahms: Symphony No 2.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Including:

Hoddinott: Welsh Dances Suite No 2, Op 64
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Bartok: Concerto No 3 for piano and orchestra, Sz 119
Lyr Williams (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: On Tour

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The BBC Orchestras and Singers in recordings from China, Spain and the Czech Republic

The BBC Orchestras and Singers travel the world with recordings from China, Spain and the Czech Republic, including the BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek at the 2008 Prague Spring Festival

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