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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: Music for the Theatre

Afternoon Concert: Music for the Theatre: Episode 9

Episode 9

Music for the Theatre

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Music for the Theatre, Episode 9

Penny Gore presents music by Debussy, Copland, Zeisl and Leroy Anderson.

Penny Gore presents music used for theatrical purposes. Debussy: Le martyre de St Sebastien. Copland: Quiet City. Zeisl: Requiem Ebraico. Leroy Anderson: Goldilocks (excerpts).

Each day this week Penny Gore presents music used for a variety of theatrical purposes, including pieces with a religious theme. Debussy composed the incidental music for a modern mystery play about St Sebastian in 1911 even though he was more mystical than religious. Goldilocks - by extreme contrast - was Leroy Anderson's first attempt at a Broadway musical.

Debussy: Le martyre de St Sebastien
BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Thierry Fischer (conductor).

Copland: Quiet City
Alison Teale (cor anglais),
Bo Fuglsang (trumpet),
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Nicholas Collon (conductor).

Zeisl: Requiem Ebraico 
Emma Tring (soprano),
Margaret Cameron (alto),
Jamie Hall (cantor),
BBC Singers,
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Johannes Wildner (conductor).

Leroy Anderson: Goldilocks (excerpts)
Kim Criswell (soprano),
William Dazeley (baritone),
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Leonard Slatkin (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Music for the Theatre

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.

Jonathan Swain presents programmes focusing on music associated with the theatre

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