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Composer of the Week: Debussy

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Nature was the inspiration for many of Debussy's works. Derek Jacobi reads extracts from the composer's letters to introduce some of his most atmospheric pieces. Nocturnes
Suisse Romande
Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
La Puerta del Vino ; Les Terrasses des audiences
(Preludes, Bk II) Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli (piano)
Les Parfums de la nuit; Le
Matin d'un jour de fete (Images)
City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Conductor:
La Puerta Del Vino
Unknown:
Arturo Benedetti
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
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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