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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

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Afternoon Concert: On the Road: Episode 4

Episode 4

On the Road

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, On the Road, Episode 4

Presented by Jonathan Swain. BBC Singers perform music by Christopher Brown and Hugh Wood.

Presented by Jonathan Swain. The BBC Singers perform music by Christopher Brown and Hugh Wood, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Wagner and Bruckner.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

With choral music from the BBC Singers celebrating birthdays in 2008 for composers Christopher Brown (65) and Hugh Wood (75). Plus a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek given in Zaragoza, Spain.

Brown: To Musick, Sing; Sunlight on a pale green ocean
Hugh Wood: The Kingdom of God
BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)

Elgar: Enigma Variations
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Bruckner: Symphony No 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: On the Road

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