Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20100927 | This week's Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups. Today's programme includes music by Mozart and the beginning of a week long Tchaikovsky symphony sequence. There's also music by less well known anniversary composers: Armstrong Gibbs and Rutland Boughton both died 50 years ago in 1960, while the violinist-composer Ferdinand David was born 200 years in 1810 - less than a fortnight after Schumann and a year after his good friend Mendelssohn. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191 Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Rutland Boughton: Burglar Bill Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Come, sleep BBC Singers Paul Brough (conductor) 2.40pm Lutoslawski: Symphony no.3 BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) 3.10pm Ferdinand David: Violin Concerto no. 4 in E major, Op. 23 Hagai Shaham (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 3.35pm Christopher Gunning: Selection of music for television, including Five Little Pigs Rumon Gamba (conductor) 4pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1 in G minor 'Winter Daydreams BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor). |
| 02 | 20100928 | Today's Afternoon on 3 features more new recordings from the BBC performing groups, including Lutoslawski from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conradin Kreutzer and Christopher Gunning from the BBC Philharmonic, Hermann Goetz from the BBC Scottish, and anniversary composers Rutland Boughton and Armstrong Gibbs from the BBC Singers. Plus another in this week's series of Tchaikovsky symphonies. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Rachmaninov: Symphony in D minor ,'Youth Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Conradin Kreutzer: Bassoon Fantasia in B flat major Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) 2.20pm Rutland Boughton: The City Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Old Age Paul Brough (conductor) 2.40pm Lutoslawski: Chain III Edward Gardner (conductor) 2.50pm Hermann Goetz: Piano Concerto in B flat major, Op. 18 Hamish Milne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 3.430pm Christopher Gunning: Selection of music for television, including Rebecca Rumon Gamba (conductor) 4pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F minor Andrew Litton (conductor). This week's Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups. |
| 03 | 20100929 | Afternoon on 3 continues its celebration of the BBC performing groups with new recordings by the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers. Plus the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Glinka: Kamarinskya Alexander Titov (conductor) Ferdinand David: Andante and Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 16 Hagai Shaham (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Rutland Boughton: Early one morning Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: The Stranger Paul Brough (conductor) 2.25pm Wieniawski: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 20 Hamish Milne (piano) Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 2.55pm Christopher Gunning: Rosemary and Thyme Caprice Rumon Gamba (conductor) 3pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E minor Grant Llewellyn (conductor). This week's Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups. |
| 04 | 20101001 | Today's Afternoon on 3 features more new recordings by the BBC performing groups, including Ferdinand David from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lutoslawski from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berhard Crusell and Christopher Gunning from the BBC Philharmonic and Boughton and Gibbs from the BBC Singers. Plus the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony. Presented by Katie Derham. 2pm Schumann: Genoveva Overture John Storgards (conductor) Ferdinand David: Violin Concerto no. 5 in D minor, Op. 35 Hagai Shaham (violin) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 2.30pm Rutland Boughton: Pan Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: To Music Paul Brough (conductor) 2.45pm Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra Edward Gardner (conductor) 3.10pm Bernhard Crusell: Bassoon Concertino Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Christopher Gunning: a selection of music for television, including Pollyanna Rumon Gamba (conductor) 4pm Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor 'Pathetique Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). This week's Afternoon on 3 features new recordings from the BBC performing groups. |