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This week Afternoon on 3 shines its musical spotlight on Cleveland. The baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire and the Cleveland Orchestra take centre stage. The music ranges from Bach's mighty "St. John Passion" to Bartok's foreboding opera "Bluebeard's Castle".

The Handel Opera Cycle continues with Faramondo.

Later this year Afternoon on 3 is planning two weeks of programmes celebrating the work of conductors Richard Hickox and Edward Downes with the BBC’s orchestras. If there’s a favourite performance of theirs that you’d like to hear again, please let us know: afternoonon3@bbc.co.uk

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    20th Century Greats 27/11/2009

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    Penny Gore presents music by Bartok, Delius, Saariaho, Shostakovich, Hughes and Nielsen.

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    1. Handel: Serse

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      With Penny Gore. BBC Radio 3's series of the complete Handel operas continues with Serse.

    2. 20th Century Greats Episode 3

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      3/4. Penny Gore presents music by MacMillan, Britten, Maxwell Davies and Shostakovich.

    3. 20th Century Greats Episode 2

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      2/4. Penny Gore with music by Korngold, Copland, Ives, Frisell/Gibbs, Villa-Lobos, Stravinsky.

    4. 20th Century Greats Episode 1

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      1/4. Penny Gore with music by Britten, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bantock, Delius and Walton.

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What is Afternoon on 3?

Drop in on concert halls and opera houses all over the world, spend a week at a major European music festival, follow one of the BBC orchestras on tour, or immerse yourself in a performance by a highly acclaimed soloist or chamber group, all without leaving the comfort of your own home.
From piano solos to grand opera, Afternoon on 3 provides a selection of studio and live recorded music, featuring top lunchtime chamber recitals and major operas from the most famous opera houses, as well as showcasing the BBC's performing groups and surveying the world's finest orchestras in concerts recorded near and far.

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1/5. The late Edward Downes conducting Rimsky-Korsakov, Respighi, Verdi, Korngold and Bruckner.

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