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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: Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra: Episode 5

Episode 5

Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra, Episode 5

Penny Gore presents music by Dvorak, Respighi, Britten, Purcell, Mozart, Korngold, Mackey.

Penny Gore presents music from the BBC CO and other UK ensembles. Featuring Dvorak: Czech Suite. Plus works by Respighi, Britten, Purcell, Mozart, Korngold and Mackey.

Penny Gore presents Mozart's flute concerto, rounds off her survey of Dvorak orchestral works with the most well-loved of his symphonies, the New World, and continues her focus on the versatile BBC Concert Orchestra.

Respighi: Suite for organ and orchestra in G
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Peter King - organ
Francois-Xavier Roth - conductor

BRITTEN: Prelude and fugue for 18-part string orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (director)

PURCELL arr. Britten: Chacony in G minor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lesley Hatfield (director)

Mozart: Flute Concerto in G, K.313 
Sharon Bezaly - flute
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski - conductor

Dvorak: Czech Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra
Keith Lockhart (conductor)

Korngold: Schauspiel Overture 
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 
Juraj Valcuha - conductor

Steven Mackey: Beautiful passing 
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Juraj Valcuha - conductor

Dvorak: Symphony No 9 "New World"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Juraj Valcuha - conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Focus on the BBC Concert Orchestra

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.

Penny Gore presents a series of performances focusing on the BBC Concert Orchestra

Penny Gore presents performances focusing on the BBC Concert Orchestra, one of the nation's most versatile orchestras, featuring repertoire ranging from classical to jazz, via film and pop

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