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Afternoon Concert

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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 National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 2

Penny Gore presents the BBC NOW in music by Part, Hummel, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Tabakova

Penny Gore presents the BBC NOW in music by Part, Hummel, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Tabakova. Plus BBC Ten Pieces: Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra.

Penny Gore continues this week of performances by the BBC NOW with music by Pärt, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, plus Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, one of this year's Ten Pieces which aims to open up the world of classical music to children aged 11 and over, recorded at this summer's Proms by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

2pm
Ten Pieces 2015
Gabriel Prokofiev: Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra
DJ Switch
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

c.2.25pm
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell (conductor)

c.2.30pm
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Philippe Schartz (trumpet)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ben Gernon (conductor)

c.2.50pm
Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ben Gernon (conductor)

c.3.30pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op.23
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergard (conductor)

c.4.10pm
Dobrinka Tabakova: Fantasy homage to Schubert for string orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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