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Afternoon on 3: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3

The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 and Nielsen's Symphony No 1.

Penny Gore presents music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in London. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique). Nielsen: Symphony No 1 in G minor.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra continues Afternoon on 3's Nordic and Baltic theme with highlights from a concert they gave last month at the Barbican featuring two great romantic symphonies - Nielsen's Symphony no.1, and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique.

Presented by Penny Gore.

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique)

c.2.50
Nielsen: Symphony no. 1 in G minor Op.7 [FS.16]
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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