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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: Dance

Afternoon Concert: Dance: Episode 3

Episode 3

Dance

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Dance, Episode 3

John Shea with music inspired by dance, by Coates, Ravel, Haydn and Roussel.

John Shea presents music inspired by dance. Coates: Jester at the Wedding. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin. Haydn: Lachian Dances. Roussel: Symphonic Fragments (excerpt).

Presented by John Shea.

A series of performances of music inspired by dance features folk-inspired dances by Haydn, born near the Austro-Hungarian border, and Ravel's homage to Baroque dance - Le tombeau de Couperin.

Coates: Jester at the Wedding - suite
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

2.45pm
Haydn: Symphony No 103 (Drum Roll)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Roussel: Le festin de l'araignee (Symphonic Fragments)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Malcolm Arnold: Sweeney Todd Suite
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Dance

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance

John Shea presents performances of music inspired by dance, plus concerts given as part of the 2009 International Competition for Young Conductors

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