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This week Afternoon on 3 is a tribute to conductor Sir Edward Downes who died in July of this year. Performances range from Verdi to Wagner to Elgar.

The Handel Opera Cycle continues with Imeneo.

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

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Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (5)
coming up (10)
Previous programmes:
by series (69)
by year (582)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Listen to the latest programme

    A Tribute to Edward Downes Episode 5

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    Available since yesterday with 6 days left.

    5/5. The late conductor Edward Downes in music by George Lloyd, Elgar and Maxwell Davies.

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    1. A Tribute to Edward Downes Handel: Imeneo

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      Available since Thursday with 5 days left.

      4/5. Handel Operas 2009: Imeneo. Plus Louis Glass's Symphony No 5 conducted by Edward Downes.

    2. A Tribute to Edward Downes Episode 3

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      Available since Wednesday with 4 days left.

      3/5. The late conductor Edward Downes and the BBC Philharmonic in Verdi and Wagner opera music.

    3. A Tribute to Edward Downes Episode 2

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      Available since Tuesday with 3 days left.

      2/5. The late Edward Downes conducting Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich.

    4. A Tribute to Edward Downes Episode 1

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      Available since Monday with 2 days left.

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

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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.

Sir Edward Downes and Dmitri Shostakovich

Sir Edward Downes and Dmitri Shostakovich

Coming up

Monday, 14:00 on Radio 3

1/5. Jonathan Swain present music by Schubert, Dvorak, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov and Beethoven.

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