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Proms News

BBC Radio 3
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Weekly magazine looking ahead to the Proms events at the Royal Albert Hall, talking to featured artists and composers and offering a chance to win tickets to forthcoming concerts.
Today, Stephen Johnson explores the themes of creation and re-creation with Director of the Proms Nicholas
Kenyon, and Geoffrey Smith talks to Leonard Slatkin and Sally Burgess about the continuing celebration of American music. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies previews his new symphony - the sixth - with thoughts on the nature of symphonic composition, and William Christie anticipates his performance of Handel's Semele with Les Arts Florissants.

Competition Phone: [number removed] Address: Proms News Competition, [address removed]

(Repeated tomorrow 7.00pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Johnson
Speaker:
Nicholas Kenyon
Interviewer:
Geoffrey Smith
Interviewee:
Leonard Slatkin
Interviewee:
Sally Burgess
Interviewee:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Interviewee:
William Christie
Producer:
Huw Robinson
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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