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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 Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Philharmonic

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

Louise Fryer presents music by Arriaga, Rodrigo, Ravel, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

With Louise Fryer. Arriaga: Overture (Los esclavos felices). Rodrigo: Concierto en modo galante. Ravel: Alborada del gracioso. Shostakovich: King Lear. Plus Tchaikovsky.

Louise Fryer introduces performances by the BBC Philharmonic with a Spanish thread inspired by the orchestra's new Basque-born Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena. There's music by Spanish composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and also by Maurice Ravel whose mother was Basque and who was inspired by Spain throughout his life. 

Plus Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky's musical interpretations of Shakespearean protagonists, King Lear and Hamlet.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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.

Louise Fryer presents programmes featuring performances by the BBC Philharmonic

Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes featuring performances by the BBC Philharmonic. With a Spanish focus inspired by the orchestra's new Basque-born chief conductor Juanjo Mena

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