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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: BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra: Episode 3

BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3

Paavali Jumppanen (piano) and BBC SO under Jiri Belohlavek in Smetana, Grieg, Prokofiev.

From the BBC's Maida Vale studios in London, Paavali Jumppanen (piano) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek perform works by Smetana, Grieg and Prokofiev.

Today's Afternoon on 3 comes live from London's Maida Vale studios. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek perform Smetana's lively dances from The Bartered Bride, Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto with soloist Pavali Jumppanen, and Prokofiev's mighty Symphony no.5. 

2pm
Smetana: Three Dances from The Bartered Bride

2.25
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Paavali Jumppanen (piano)

3.10
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Singers and Symphony 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 with a series celebrating the work of the BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes celebrating the work of the BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra

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