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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

BBC Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 1

Ian Skelly

Episode 1

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

The BBC Philharmonic in music by Copland, Korngold, Hummel, Prokofiev and Albeniz.

Music performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Copland: Suite (Billy the Kid). Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto. Plus music by Prokofiev and Albeniz.

Ian Skelly presents a week of recent concerts by the BBC Philharmonic. There is a Spanish theme threaded through, today represented by movements from Albeniz's evocative Suite española. Also today, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth is the soloist in Hummel's lively Trumpet Concerto.

2pm
Copland: Billy the Kid (suite) 
Korngold arr John Mauceri: The Adventures of Robin Hood - symphonic portrait
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

c2.45pm
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto 
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (selection) 
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet) 
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

c3.45pm
Albeniz orch. Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos: Suite española (selection) 
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic

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.

Ian Skelly presents programmes featuring performances given by the BBC Philharmonic

Ian Skelly presents a series of programmes featuring performances given by the BBC Philharmonic, including music with a Spanish theme

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