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Night Waves

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Noel Coward not only defined
Englishness for an era, he wrote the soundtrack too. Richard Coles examines the legacy of Coward's songs and discusses a new recording, Twentieth Century Blues, which includes interpretations by Michael Nyman and Vic Reeves.
Writer Carlo Gebler puts an Irish spin on Strindberg's Dance of Death, and Bill Buford of The New Yorker delivers his weekly letter on life and art in America.
Producer Julian May

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Coward
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Richard Coles
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Michael Nyman
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Vic Reeves.
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Carlo Gebler
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Bill Buford
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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