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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 Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers, Episode 1

BBC SO in Matthews, Bartok, Prokofiev and Roy Harris. Plus BBC Singers in Wood, Williams.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs music by Colin Matthews, Bartok, Prokofiev and Roy Harris. Plus the BBC Singers in Hugh Wood. Presented by Katie Derham.

Katie Derham presents a week of music recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, including two concerts on Wednesday and Friday, marking the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Today's music includes concerts recorded recently on the BBC Symphony Orchestra's trip to the Prague Summer Festival, featuring Alina Ibragimova in Bartok's Second Violin Concerto.

2pm
Colin Matthews: Traces Remain 
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.2.20
Bartok: Violin Concerto No 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3.00
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

c.3.40
Hugh Wood: Three Choruses, Op.7
BBC Singers
Charles Peebles, conductor

c.3.50
Harris: Violin Concerto
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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Katie Derham music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

Katie Derham presents a series of programmes featuring music performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers

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