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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: BBC Philharmonic

BBC Philharmonic

Afternoon Concert: BBC Philharmonic: Episode 3

Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach cantatas

Episode 3

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

Jonathan Swain features the BBC Philharmonic in music by Sibelius, Hummel and Beethoven.

Jonathan Swain features the BBC Philharmonic. Sibelius: Tapiola. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto (soloist: Alison Balsom). Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat 'Eroica'.

Jonathan Swain continues his week of performances by the BBC Philharmonic, featuring the music of Sibelius each day. Today's programme includes Sibelius's tone poem Tapiola, along with Hummel's Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

2pm
Sibelius: Tapiola 
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor) 

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat major (Eroica) 
BBC Philharmonic 
Ben Gernon (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.

Jonathan Swain presents performances by the BBC Philharmonic, including work by Sibelius

Jonathan Swain presents performances given by the BBC Philharmonic, including work by Sibelius

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