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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 Orchestras - Summer Sounds

Afternoon Concert: BBC Orchestras - Summer Sounds: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Orchestras - Summer Sounds

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Orchestras - Summer Sounds, Episode 2

BBC NOW in music by Chabrier, Falla, Walton, Delius and Tippett. Plus BBC SSO in Finzi.

Penny Gore with music from the BBC NOW. Chabrier: Espana. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Walton: Siesta. Delius: In a Summer Garden. Tippett: Ritual Dances. Plus Finzi.

Penny Gore launches Afternoon on 3's new season with summer sounds from the BBC Orchestras - featuring a sultry live concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales of music from Britain and the Med. Summer nights in Spain, France and Italy with Chabrier, Delius, Falla and Walton; and the famous dances from Michael Tippett's Midsummer opera. Plus star clarinettist Michael Collins directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a brand-new recording of Gerald Finzi's gorgeous Clarinet Concerto.

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Chabrier: Espana
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

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c. 2.50pm
Walton: Siesta
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Tippett: Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage)

Javier Perianes (piano),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Michael Francis (conductor).

c. 3.45pm
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Michael Collins (clarinet/director).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Orchestras - Summer Sounds

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