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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: BBC Philharmonic

BBC Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 3

Live from Salford, Michael Francis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Respighi and Part.

Live from MediaCityUK in Salford, Michael Francis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances (Set 3) and Part's Lamentate. Plus Beethoven's Symphony No 8.

Live from Media City, Salford, the BBC Philharmonic performs Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances and Arvo Pärt's homage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture 'Marsyas', entitled 'Lamentate', with BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. Plus Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, the last piece he wrote before his late 'great' period, with an air of relaxation - the calm before the storm.

LIVE from Media City, Salford

BBC Philharmonic
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Michael Francis, conductor

2pm
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3 

2.15pm
Arvo Pärt: Lamentate

2.50pm
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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.

A series of programmes featuring music performed by the BBC Philharmonic

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