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Afternoon Concert

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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: BBC Philharmonic at 75

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic at 75: Episode 2

BBC Philharmonic at 75

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic at 75, Episode 2

A celebration of the BBC Philharmonic: Chopin, Haydn, Dvorak, Bartok, Britten and Copland.

Jonathan Swain presents a series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic. Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op 18. Haydn: Symphony No 102. Plus Dvorak, Bartok, Britten and Copland.

Louise Fryer presents a week celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from the last year.  Highlights include the BBC's Manchester-based orchestra in Haydn Symphonies and Bartok Concertos, with many of the artists most closely associated with the orchestra - including Principal Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, composer/conductor H K Gruber, pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Chief Guest Conductor Vassily Sinaisky.

Chopin orch. Stravinsky: Grande Valse Brillante Op. 18
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

Haydn: Symphony no. 102 in B flat              
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)

2.30pm
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor 
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 1                  
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.55pm
Britten: Nocturne  
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic
Yutaka Sado (conductor)

Copland: Appalachian Spring - ballet
BBC Philharmonic
Richard Davis (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic at 75

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Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season in 2010

Series celebrating the BBC Philharmonic's 75th birthday season with some of their best performances from 2009

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