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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 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic, Episode 1

BBC Philharmonic in music by Haydn, Schumann, Walton, Sibelius, Britten and Tchaikovsky.

BBC Philharmonic in Haydn: Sinfonia (Il ritorno di Tobia). Schumann: Piano Concerto. Walton: Symphony No 2. Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return. Britten: Four Sea Interludes.

Penny Gore presents a week of concerts featuring the BBC Philharmonic, including two live concerts on Wednesday and Friday. Today's programme has a performance recorded last month at MediaCityUK Salford, with New Generation Artist Beatrice Rana as soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto. There's also English music from Walton and Britten, and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony recorded at Victoria Hall in Hanley last year.

2pm
Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia - Sinfonia

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Beatrice Rana (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Fawzi Haimor (conductor)

c.2.40pm
Walton: Symphony No 2
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite Op.22)
BBC Philharmonic
Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor)

c.3.15pm
Britten Four Sea Interludes (from 'Peter Grimes')
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (PathÃ(c)tique)
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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Penny Gore presents performances given by the BBC Philharmonic

Penny Gore presents a series or programmes featuring music performed by the BBC Philharmonic

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