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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 National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Episode 3

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 3

Katie Derham presents the BBC NOW in music by Stravinsky, Beethoven and Benjamin.

Music from the BBC NOW. Stravinsky: Symphony of wind instruments. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3. Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 movements. Benjamin: Conequest of Everest.

Katie Derham continues her week of programmes featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

The programme begins with a live concert from the orchestra's home, BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, introduced by Elin Manahan Thomas. Associate Guest Conductor Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments and welcomes Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto.

In a recent performance from Swansea, Estonian Olari Elts conducts Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. Plus a snippet from the orchestra's new recording of British film music: Arthur Benjamin's The Conequest of Everest

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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.

Katie Derham presents recent concerts given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes featuring recent concerts given by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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