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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: Britten around Britten

Afternoon Concert: Britten around Britten: Episode 3

Britten around Britten

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Britten around Britten, Episode 3

Katie Derham presents music by Britten and Tippett.

With Katie Derham. Britten: Piano Concerto (soloist: Howard Shelley); Rejoice in the Lamb (with the BBC Singers). Plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tippett: Symphony No 4.

Katie Derham presents a week celebrating the music of Benjamin Britten in his centenary year and launching a month-long series of British symphonies in Afternoon on 3.

Britten: Piano Concerto (original version)
Howard Shelley (piano),
BBC Philharmonic,
Edward Gardner (conductor).

2.35pm
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Micaela Haslam (soprano)
Cherith Millburn-Fryer (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Bowen (tenor)
Michael Bundy (bass)
Stephen Farr (organ)
BBC Singers,
David Hill (conductor).

2.50pm
Tippett: Symphony No. 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Michael Tippett (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Britten around Britten

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.

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes celebrating Britten in his centenary year

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes celebrating Benjamin Britten in his centenary year, and launches a series featuring British symphonies

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