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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 Concert: Into the Forest

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Afternoon Concert: Into the Forest: Episode 4: Friday

Monday - Georgia Mann

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Episode 4: Friday

Into the Forest

Friday

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Into the Forest, Friday

Georgia Mann presents a programme devoted to the magic of forests.

Georgia Mann presents a programme devoted to the magic of forests, beginning with a Tchaikovsky concert given by the BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales.

Georgia Mann presents the last in a week of programmes devoted to the magic of forests, beginning with a concert given by the BBC National Symphony Orchestra or Wales, conducted by Xian Zhang.

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Gliere: Harp Concerto, Op 74
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping beauty - Suite, Op 66a

Catrin Finch, harp
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Xian Zhang, conductor

3.15: A selection of music evoking the forest, including works by Koechlin and Ravel.

In midsummer week, Radio 3 enters one of the most potent sources of the human imagination. 'Into the Forest' explores the enchantment, escape and magical danger of the forest in summer, with slow radio moments featuring the sounds of the forest, allowing time out from today's often frenetic world.

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.

Series of Radio 3 Afternoon Concerts that take their inspiration from the forest.

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