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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 and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Episode 3: Live from Salford

BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Episode 3

Episode 3: Live from Salford

Live from Salford

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Live from Salford

The BBC Philharmonic in a live concert from Salford. With Verdi, Prokofiev and Brahms.

The BBC Philharmonic in a live concert from MediaCity in Salford. Verdi: Overture: Luisa Miller. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1. Casella: Italia. Brahms: Tragic Overture.

Presented by Penny Gore.
Stuart Flinders presents a live concert given by the BBC Philharmonic at their MediaCity base in Salford. They're joined by their conductor laureate Gianandrea Noseda, who brings a decidedly Italian feel to the programme with the overture to Verdi's Luisa Miller and Casella's Italia. In between, violinist James Ehnes takes to the stage to perform Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1 - written in 1917, the most productive year of the composer's life.

Live:
Verdi: Overture to Luisa Miller
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op. 19
Casella: Italia, Op.11
James Ehnes (violin),
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)..

3pm
Brahms: Tragic Overture
BBC Philharmonic,.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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.

Penny Gore presents a series of performances given by the BBC Philharmonic and the SSO

Penny Gore presents a series of programmes featuring recent performances by the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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