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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: Nordic Countries

Afternoon Concert: Nordic Countries: Episode 4

Episode 4

Nordic Countries

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Nordic Countries, Episode 4

A focus on the musical scene in the Nordic countries. Schumann, Grieg, Vaughan Williams.

A focus on the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries. Schumann: Symphony No 4. Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 1 (Sea Symphony).

This week Afternoon on 3 looks north to the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus other music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Tampere Philharmonic from Finland and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Afternoon Concert: Nordic Countries

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 focusing on the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries

A focus on the rich musical scene in the Nordic countries, with performances of Schumann symphonies from the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, plus music played by the Swedish Radio Orchestra and others

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