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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: 70th Anniversary Archive

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: 70th Anniversary Archive: Episode 3

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Episode 3

70th Anniversary Archive

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 70th Anniversary Archive, Episode 3

The BBC Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No 2. The BBC NOW in Mahler's Symphony No 5.

Verity Sharp presents archive performances from BBC performing groups. With the BBC Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36, and the BBC NOW in Mahler's Symphony No 5.

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme, the BBC performing groups are heard today in archive performances of Beethoven and Mahler symphonies.

Presented by Verity Sharp

2.00pm
Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

2.30pm
Mahler: Symphony No.5
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Radio 3's 70th season, celebrating seven decades of pioneering music and culture since the founding of the Third Programme.

Afternoon Concert: 70th Anniversary Archive

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.

Verity Sharp presents a series of programmes celebrating the 70th anniversary of Radio 3

Verity Sharp presents a series of programmes celebrating the 70th anniversary of Radio 3 and the Third Programme, with the BBC performing groups in archive performances of British music

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