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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 2

Episode 2

Brahms Plus

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Brahms Plus, Episode 2

BBC SSO in Brahms; BBC Philharmonic in Kodaly, Sibelius; BBC NOW in Stravinsky.

Presented by Penny Gore. BBC SSO in Brahms: Symphony No 1. BBC Philharmonic in Kodaly: Summer Evening; Sibelius: Violin Concerto, with Hilary Hahn (violin). Plus Stravinsky.

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

Brahms: Symphony No 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
Christopher Seaman (conductor)

Kodaly: Summer Evening
BBC Philharmonic
Arvo Volmer (conductor)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Stravinsky: Divertimento (Le baiser de la fee)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alan Buribayev (conductor)

Sibelius: Symphony No 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano (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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