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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: Orchestras of Radio France

Afternoon Concert: Orchestras of Radio France: Episode 3

Episode 3

Orchestras of Radio France

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Orchestras of Radio France, Episode 3

Ian Skelly presents Radio France orchestras in music by Beethoven, Bartok and Brahms.

Ian Skelly with music played by Radio France's orchestras. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (soloist Francois-Frederic Guy). Bartok: Divertimento for Strings. Brahms: Violin Concerto.

Two famous concertos and a great work for strings feature in today's programme of music recorded at concerts given by Paris's radio symphony orchestras. Presented by Ian Skelly.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3
Francois-Frederic Guy, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

2.55pm
Bartok: Divertimento for Strings
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

3.25pm
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Vadim Repin, violin
Orchestre National de France
Kurt Masur, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Orchestras of Radio France

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 of performances given in Paris by the city's two radio symphony orchestras

Series of performances given in Paris by the city's two radio symphony orchestras: the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France

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