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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 19

Episode 19

Music for the Theatre

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Music for the Theatre, Episode 19

BBC SSo and actors in a performance of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by actors in a performance of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing with music by Eric Korngold.

Theatre Music: Shakespeare
Penny Gore explores theatre music written for Shakespeare's plays. Today, a cast of actors and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by drama students from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in an abridged semi-staged performance of Shakespeare's irresistible comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. The music was written soon after the First World War by the precocious Eric Korngold.

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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