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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 Philharmonic

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 2

BBC Philharmonic perform Berlioz, Brahms, Ginastera and Bruckner.

BBC Philharmonic perform Berlioz, Brahms and Bruckner, plus, as part of Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme, Argentinian composer Ginastera's Pampeana No 3.

Penny Gore continues a week of performances and recordings from the BBC Philharmonic. Today's programme includes Berlioz's lively Beatrice and Benedict Overture and Brahms's lyrical Violin Concerto performed by James Ehnes from a concert given at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. As part of Afternoon on 3's Southern Hemisphere theme, there's another piece by Argentinian composer Ginastera, his Pampeana No 3. Plus a performance of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, known as the 'Romantic'.

2pm
Berlioz: Overture, Beatrice and Benedict
Brahms Violin Concerto
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Nicholas Collon (conductor)

c.2.50pm
Ginastera: Pampeana No 3
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

c.3.10pm
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 (Romantic)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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