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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

Total Immersion: Thea Musgrave

Episode 3

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

BBC Philharmonic in music by Mozart, Elgar and Tchaikovsky. Plus a work by Anna Clyne.

With the BBC Philharmonic: Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23. Elgar: Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme. Plus BBC SO in music by Anna Clyne.

Katie Derham showcases the BBC Philharmonic in music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and Tasmin Little joins them in two popular miniatures by Elgar. Plus Anna Clyne's Night Ferry performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra - one of the featured works in BBC Music's Ten Pieces for secondary schools.

Ten Pieces II
Anna Clyne: Night Ferry
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

c. 2.20pm
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A (K488)
Javier Perianes (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

c. 2.50
Elgar: Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis (conductor)

c. 2.55
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor).

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.

Performances given by the BBC Philharmonic and violinist Tasmin Little

Katie Derham presents performances given by the BBC Philharmonic, plus violinist Tasmin Little in a series of British works for violin and orchestra

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