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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: Tod Handley: A Tribute

Afternoon Concert: Tod Handley: A Tribute: Episode 5

Episode 5

Tod Handley: A Tribute

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Tod Handley: A Tribute, Episode 5

A collection of performances conducted by Vernon Handley including works by Bax and Bliss.

Tod Handley - A Tribute: Louise Fryer presents the final programme celebrating Vernon Handley. Arnold: Peterloo Overture; Delius: Poem of Life and Love. Plus works by Bax and Bliss.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Afternoon on 3 concludes its tribute to the late Vernon Handley, uncovering more gems from the BBC archives.

All performances conducted by Vernon Handley.

Malcolm Arnold: Peterloo Overture, Op 97
BBC Concert Orchestra

Delius: Poem of Life and Love for orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra

Bax: Spring fire - symphony
BBC Symphony Orchestra

3.00pm
Bliss: The Enchantress
Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano)
Ulster Orchestra

Benjamin Dale: The Flowing tide for orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bax: Walsinghame for tenor, chorus and orchestra
Sandra Dugdale (soprano)
Michael Goldthorpe (tenor)
BBC Club Choir
Collegium Musicum of London
Tallis Chamber Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra

4.10pm
Herbert Murrill: Concerto No 2 for cello and orchestra (El cant dels ocells)
Raphael Walllfisch (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bainton: Symphony No 2 in D minor
BBC Philharmonic

Moeran: Air (Serenade in G)
Ulster Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: Tod Handley: A Tribute

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A tribute to Vernon 'Tod' Handley, with recordings he made throughout his great career

A tribute to Vernon 'Tod; Handley, digging deep in the BBC archives for recordings he made throughout his illustrious career, up to the present day

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