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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: Brahms Plus

Afternoon Concert: Brahms Plus: Episode 1

Episode 1

Brahms Plus

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Brahms Plus, Episode 1

Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms: Violin Concerto. Plus Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust.

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC SSO and soloist Christian Tetzlaff in Brahms's Violin Concerto. BBC Philharmonic, CBSO and Chorus in Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust.

Penny Gore presents a series featuring the complete cycle of Brahms's symphonies as well as music for the violin.

With Brahms's Violin concerto, played by Christian Tetzlaff, and a recent performance by the BBC Philharmonic of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust.

Brahms: Violin Concerto
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
Dramatic legend in four parts for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op 24

Faust ...... Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Mephistopheles ...... Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Brander ...... James Rutherford (baritone)
Marguerite ...... Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Brahms Plus

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.

Series featuring the full cycle of Brahms's symphonies and music for the violin

Penny Gore presents a series featuring a complete cycle of Brahms's symphonies performed by the BBC's orchestras, as well as music for the violin

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