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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: Transatlantic Travel: Americana

Afternoon Concert: Transatlantic Travel: Americana: Part 4

Part 4 Transatlantic Travel

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Transatlantic Travel, Americana, Part 4

Penny Gore presents music by Adams, Griffes, Gershwin, Rouse, Ives, Loeffler and Harris.

Penny Gore presents American music. Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Griffes: The White Peacock. Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F. Plus music by Rouse, Ives, Loeffler and Harris.

The grand finale to this week's celebration of American music with the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers kicks off with John Adams' ever popular Short Ride in a Fast Machine, performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Wayne Marshall joins the orchestra for Gershwin's Piano Concerto, the BBC Singers perform Psalms by Charles Ives, and there's another brand-new recording of music by Charles Martin Loeffler from the BBC Concert Orchestra. The BBC Symphony Orchestra play music by Charles Griffes and Christopher Rouse, and round things off with the third symphony of the week by Roy Harris - and perhaps his best, the Symphony no.7.

Presented by Penny Gore.

John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
BBC Philharmonic,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

Charles Griffes: The White Peacock
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Andrew Litton (conductor).

2.30pm
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major
Wayne Marshall (piano),
BBC Philharmonic,
Arvo Volmer (conductor).

3pm
Christopher Rouse: Friandises
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

3.35pm
Ives: Psalms 24 and 150
BBC Singers,
Andrew Griffiths (conductor).

Charles Martin Loeffler: Divertissement in A minor
Lorraine McAslan (violin),
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Johannes Wildner (conductor).

4pm
Harris: Symphony No 7
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Transatlantic Travel

Afternoon Concert: Transatlantic Travel: Americana

Americana

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.

Series exploring transatlantic musical travel

Series exploring transatlantic musical travel, with performances by European and American orchestras in the US and Europe, as well as works by composers who sought refuge in the United States

Programmes featuring the BBC performing groups in music by American composers

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring the BBC performing groups in live concerts and specially-made recordings of music by American composers

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