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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 Concert Orchestra and Singers

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BBC Singers

Afternoon Concert: BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers, Episode 1

BBC CO and Singers in music by Ives, Bardos, Terry Riley, Liszt, Tormis, Glass and Alfven.

Featuring the BBC CO and Singers. Ives: Symphony No 3; The Alcotts. Lajos Bardos: Audi filia. Terry Riley: At the Royal Majestic. Liszt: Cinq choeurs. Plus Tormis, Glass and Alfven.

Katie Derham presents an afternoon of music from the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra, including the UK premiere of Terry Riley's organ concerto 'At the Grand Majestic', with Cameron Carpenter at the refurbished organ of the Royal Festival Hall in London. Afternoon on 3's Nordic and Baltic series continues with choral music from Sweden and Estonia.

2.00pm
Ives 
Symphony No 3
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor André de Ridder

Lajos Bardos 
Cantemus: Audi filia
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan

Ives 
The Alcotts
Cameron Carpenter (organ of the Royal Festival Hall)

2.35pm
Terry Riley 
At the Royal Majestic (UK Premier)
Cameron Carpenter (organ)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor André de Ridder

3.15pm
Liszt 
Cinq choeurs
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan

John Luther Adams 
Dark Waves
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor André de Ridder

Veljo Tormis 
Incantatio maris aestuosi
BBC Singers, conductor Justin Doyle

3.50pm
Philip Glass 
The Light
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor André de Ridder

Hugo Alfven 
Aftonen (Evening)
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Concert Orchestra and Singers

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.

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