Classical Live

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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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Music: Classical

Specially recorded music from BBC performing groups, the EBU and more.

Showcasing the best performances from the UK and beyond, recorded by the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union.

Classical Live: Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier plus music by Rossini and Bach

Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier plus music by Rossini and Bach

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Live, Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier plus music by Rossini and Bach

Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier, plus music by Rossini and Bach.

Tom McKinney's featured pianists today are the piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier, plus specially recorded performances of J C Bach and Janacek.

Tom McKinney with a selection of exclusively recorded performances for Classical Live.

The featured pianists today are French-Canadian piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier, performing arrangements of Rachmaninov and Ravel.

There's a performance of Schumann's A minor Cello Concerto by the Argentinian Sol Gambetta, plus music by Johann Christian Bach - J S Bach's son - a composer who had a major influence on the young Mozart. Cinderella makes a fleeting appearance by way of Eric Coates, and listen out for Jason (and the Argonauts) in a work by English composer, Alice Mary Smith.

Gioachino Rossini: Overture - La Cenerentola
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnol - III. Ferie
Helen Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

Leos Janacek: The Fiddler's Child - Ballad for Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Franz Schubert: Des Fischers Liebesgluck D933
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano)
Kunal Lahiry (piano)

Johann Christian Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor W C69
Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead (harpsichord, director)

Eric Coates: Cinderella
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129
Sol Gambetta (cello)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Helene Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

Alice Mary Smith: Jason, or the Argonauts and the Sirens
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

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Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier plus music by Rossini and Bach

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