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Afternoon Concert

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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 - Reflections on Debussy

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy, Episode 3

BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in music by Britten, Dvorak, Takemitsu and Debussy.

BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena. Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes). Dvorak: The Water Goblin. Takemitsu: Riverrun. Debussy: La mer (Noriko Ogawa: piano).

This week Afternoon on 3 features French music, centred around the BBC Philharmonic's Reflections on Debussy series celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. Today's concert, recorded on Saturday, features the orchestra in a sea-themed concert. Debussy's La Mer is heard alongside watery evocations by Britten, Dvorak and Takemitsu - whose Riverrun was inspired by Debussy.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

2pm
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Dvorak: The Water Goblin
Takemitsu: Riverrun
Debussy: La mer
Noriko Ogawa (piano),
BBC Philhamonic,
Juanjo Mena (conductor).v.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic - Reflections on Debussy

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.

The BBC Philharmonic's celebration of the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth

Louise Fryer presents a series of programmes centring on the BBC Philharmonic's celebration of the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth

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