Episode 2

This week Afternoon on 3 celebrates the neglected English composer York Bowen for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. Today's programme includes Bowen's 3rd Piano Concerto, paired with Rachmaninov's Symphony no. 2 which was also written in 1907, and with Bowen's own Second Symphony alongside other English works written the same year by his more famous contemporaries.

Presented by Louise Fryer

2pm
Bowen: Piano Concerto no. 3 in G major, Op.23
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.25pm
Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps - Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (cond)uctor)

3.50pm
Bowen: Symphony no. 2 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

Holst: Beni Mora
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor).