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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 National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus, Episode 4

The BBC NOW and Chorus in Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Mathias and M Berkeley.

Katie Derham with music from the BBC NOW. Prokofiev: Chout. Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Shostakovich: Concerto No 1. Mathias: Ceremony After a Fire Raid.

Katie Derham presents recent performances from the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales including two favourite Russian works from the twentieth century with Radio 3 New Generation Artists. The chorus sings a harrowing account of the blitz in a setting of a poem by Dylan Thomas, and there's a recent studio recording of Prokfiev's suite from his rarely heard ballet The Tale of the Buffoon, a dark and murderous story commissioned by Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes.

2.00pm:
Prokofiev: Chout - suite op.21a
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Perry So (conductor)

2.35pm:
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 for piano and orchestra
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

3.05pm:
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op.107
Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

3.40pm:
Mathias: Ceremony after a Fire Raid Op.63
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Adrian Partington (director)

4.05pm:
Michael Berkeley: Gregorian Variations
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus

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.

Katie Derham presents performances given by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes featuring performances given by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

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