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Afternoon on 3: The BBC Philharmonic Performs British Music

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Afternoon Concert: The BBC Philharmonic Performs British Music: Episode 1

Episode 1

The BBC Philharmonic Performs British Music

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The BBC Philharmonic Performs British Music, Episode 1

The BBC Philharmonic plays Bax, Elgar, Arnold Cooke, Vaughan Williams and David Matthews.

Featuring the BBC Philharmonic. Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy. Elgar: Cello Concerto; Serenade for Strings. A Cooke: Symphony No 6. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending.

All this week Catriona Young presents the BBC Philharmonic in music from the British Isles to launch Afternoon on 3's British music season.

Today, two of the most popular pieces in the orchestral repertoire, by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, alongside the first performance of a symphony by the Yorkshire-born composer Arnold Cooke.

2pm
Bax: Overture to a Picaresque Comedy 
BBC Philharmonic
Michael Seal (conductor)

Elgar: Cello Concerto
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

c.2.45pm
Arnold Cooke: Symphony No 6 (first performance) 
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Gourlay (conductor)

c.3.15pm
Elgar: Serenade for strings
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Leo Hussain (conductor)

c.3.45pm
David Matthews: Symphony No 8
BBC Philharmonic
Jac van Steen (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The BBC Philharmonic Performs British Music

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Catriona Young presents the BBC Philharmonic performing music from the British Isles

Catriona Young presents a series of programmes featuring the BBC Philharmonic performing music from the British Isles

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