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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: Nordic and Baltic Music

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Afternoon Concert: Nordic and Baltic Music: Episode 4

Episode 4

Nordic and Baltic Music

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Nordic and Baltic Music, Episode 4

Featuring music by Fagerlund, Nordgren, Gabriel Jackson, Paul Crabtree, Walton and Grieg.

Presented by Penny Gore. Fagerlund: Guitar Concerto. Nordgren: Symphony No 3. Jackson: Winter Heavens. Crabtree: Flite. Grieg: Piano Concerto. Plus a work by Walton.

Penny Gore concludes a week of music as part of Afternoon on 3's Nordic and Baltic season, and features performances from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers.
Today's programme contains music by three Finnish composers: Sibelius, Sebastian Fagerlund and Pehr Henrik Nordgren and the evergreen piano concerto by the Norwegian Grieg.

2pm 
Sibelius 
Lemminkainen and the maidens of the island of Saari
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.2.15
Sebastian Fagerlund 
Guitar Concerto
Ismo Eskelinen (guitar)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.2.40
Nordgren 
Symphony No.3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

c.3.15
Gabriel Jackson: Winter Heavens
Paul Crabtree: Flite
BBC Singers
Paul Brough (conductor)

c.3.40
Walton 
Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

c.3.55
Grieg 
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Javier Perianes (piano)
Sakari Oramo (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Nordic and Baltic Music

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Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Nordic and Baltic music

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Nordic and Baltic music, including performances from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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