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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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The best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

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Radio 3 in Concert: The RPO at 75

The RPO at 75

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The RPO at 75

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary.

A gala from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in which the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates both its 75th anniversary and the arrival of Vasily Petrenko as music director.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Tonight the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 75th anniversary with a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall. This very special occasion also welcomes Vasily Petrenko as the RPO’s new Music Director.
The programme will feature masterpieces written by three great English composers, Delius, Elgar and Walton, all of whom closely associated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its founder Sir Thomas Beecham.
Joining Vasily Petrenko and the RPO are Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who will play Elgar’s beautiful and introspective Cello Concerto, whilst Sir Bryn Terfel will take the solo role in William Walton’s dramatic cantata, Belshazzar’s Feast, supported by the Philharmonia Chorus.

Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away
Elgar: Cello Concerto

8.15: Interval

Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Sir Bryn Terfel, Baritone
Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE, Cello
Philharmonia Chorus
Vasily Petrenko Conductor

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