Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

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: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras: Episode 1

Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave

Episode 1

Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras, Episode 1

Katie Derham presents music by Shostakovich, Gliere, Haydn, Strauss and Stravinsky.

Music from Danish and Finnish orchestras. Shostakovich: Symphony No 1. Gliere: Concerto, Op 82. Haydn: Symphony No 44. Strauss: Salome (final scene). Stravinsky: The Firebird.

Afternoon on 3 focuses this week on recent concert performances from Scandinavian radio symphony orchestras. In the first programme of the series, Katie Derham presents recordings by the Danish National and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras, today including Shostakovich's Symphony No.1, Haydn Symphony No.44 'Trauer', and Stravinsky's Firebird. Plus sopranos Anu Komsi sings Gliere and Nina Stemme sings from Strauss's Salome.

Presented by Katie Derham.

2pm
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.10
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor)

2:35pm
GLIERE
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, Op.82
Anu Komsi (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

2:40pm
HAYDN
Symphony No.44 in E minor, Hob.1:44 (Trauer)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (conductor)

3:15pm
STRAUSS
Final Scene from Salome, Op.54
Nina Stemme (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)

3:40pm
STRAVINSKY
Firebird
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

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 programmes focusing on Scandinavian ensembles

Katie Derham presents programmes focusing on Scandinavian ensembles, with concert recordings by the Danish National and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Afternoon Concert

Scandinavian Radio Symphony Orchestras

Episode 1

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3