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The Third at 50: The Controllers' Concerts

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

———The last of four concerts devised by successive controllers of Radio 3.
Tonight, Michael Berkeley introduces music chosen by Robert Ponsonby (1972-85).
London Sinfonietta voices, Chorus and Orchestra, conductor George Benjamin Dallapiccola: Piccola Musica Notturna
Ligeti: Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet
Messiaen: Cinq Rechants
8.20 Michael Berkeley talks to Robert Ponsonby.
8.35 Boulez: E e Cummings ist der Dichter
Kurtag: Wind Quintet
Benjamin: At First Light

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Berkeley
Guest:
Robert Ponsonby
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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