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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 Performing Groups

Afternoon Concert: BBC Performing Groups: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Performing Groups

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Performing Groups, Episode 2

BBC Philharmonic in music by Rozsa, Britten and Strauss. Plus the BBC CO in Tchaikovsky.

The BBC Philharmonic plays in Salford. Rozsa: Kaleidoscope; Concerto for strings; Britten: Variations on Men of Goodwill. Plus the BBC CO in Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act 2).

Penny Gore continues this week's celebration of the BBC's performing groups in concert across the nation, featuring music by Tchaikovsky every day. 

Rumon Gamba conducts the BBC Philharmonic LIVE at MediaCity, Salford, in a programme presented by Stuart Flinders showcasing the different sections of the orchestra. The strings are given a workout in Miklos Rozsa's Concerto for Strings, whilst the wind play Richard Strauss's Suite, Op. 4. 

Then the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Barry Wordsworth play Act 2 of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet, recorded a week ago at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Performing Groups

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 celebration the BBC's own performing groups

Penny Gore presents a celebration the BBC's own performing groups, with concerts given across the nation. Featuring music by Tchaikovsky in every programme

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