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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: Nordic Ensembles and Festivals

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Nordic Ensembles and Festivals

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Nordic Ensembles and Festivals, Episode 2

Penny Gore presents music by Sibeliu, Salonen, Norman, Norgard and Magnus Lindberg.

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius: The Bard; Symphony No 5. Plus works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Norman, Norgard and Magnus Lindberg.

Penny Gore presents a selection of recordings for Northern Lights, with Nordic ensembles performing works from Northern countries. The Lahti Symphony Orchestra perform works by Sibelius including his evocative Symphony no.5, and orchestras from Norway, Sweden and Iceland peform works by the current generation of composers, including a world premiere.

14.00
Sibelius: The Bard
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste

14.10
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Karawane
Swedish Radio Chorus 
Mikaeli Chamber Chorus 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

14.45
Ludvig Norman: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Philipp von Steinaecker

15.15
Per Nørgård: Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
Peter Herresthal (violin)
Jakob Kullberg (cello)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Andrew Litton

15.40
Magnus Lindburg: EXPO
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

15.50
Sibelius: Symphony No.5
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

Afternoon Concert: Nordic Ensembles and Festivals

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.

Penny Gore presents recordings of Nordic ensembles at music festivals in Nordic countries

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring recordings given by Nordic ensembles at music festivals in Nordic countries

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