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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: Herbert Blomstedt and Bruckner

Afternoon Concert: Herbert Blomstedt and Bruckner: Episode 3

Herbert Blomstedt and Bruckner

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Herbert Blomstedt and Bruckner, Episode 3

Music conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Bruckner: Symphony No 6. Dvorak: Symphony No 7.

Louise Fryer presents music conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Bruckner: Symphony No 6 in A. Dvorak: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70.

Although Herbert Blomstedt grew up and studied in Sweden, and has worked extensively in Scandinavia and Europe, he was in fact born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Today he conducts Bruckner's 6th Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with whom he was the principal conductor for 10 years from 1985.

Louise Fryer presents


Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70
Czech Philharmonic,
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Herbert Blomstedt and Bruckner

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.

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating conductor Herbert Blomstedt's 85th birthday

Louise Fryer presents a series celebrating conductor Herbert Blomstedt's 85th birthday, focusing on his association with various distinguished orchestras and his regard for the music of Bruckner

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