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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: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

Afternoon Concert: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert: Episode 3

Episode 3

The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, The Ulster Orchestra in Concert, Episode 3

Penny Gore introduces the Ulster Orchestra playing music by Harty, WS Bennett and Parry.

Penny Gore presents music performed by the Ulster Orchestra. Hamilton Harty: A Comedy Overture. WS Bennett: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor. Parry: Symphony No 3 in C 'English'.

The Ulster Orchestra in Concert 

In today's programme Penny Gore showcases some of the Ulster Orchestra's most recent recordings, marking Afternoon on 3's celebration of British music. Today's programme features works by Hamilton Harty, Sterndale Bennett and Parry. 

2pm
Hamilton Harty: A Comedy Overture 
Ulster Orchestra/Nicolas Chalmers (conductor)

2.15pm
Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor 
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)/Ulster Orchestra

2.40pm
Parry: Symphony No.3 in C Major, English 
Ulster Orchestra/Howard Shelley (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: The Ulster Orchestra in Concert

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.

Penny Gore presents recordings by the Ulster Orchestra, with British and Russian music

Penny Gore presents recordings made by the Ulster Orchestra, featuring British and Russian music

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