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From City Hall, Sheffield. Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert of English music.

Peter Dixon (cello), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Richard Hickox

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps

Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor

8.10 Twenty Minutes: Voices of the Ancient World: 2: Olympic Greeks
Two programmes exploring ancient Greek life.
James Davidson explores the Greeks' obsession with the body brilliant. Poorer Greeks got their muscles from agricultural labour, better-off citizens exercised naked in a gymnasium, and any Spartan man who refused to improve his physique faced expulsion. Would Britain do better at games if we emulated our ancient ancestors?

8.30 Holst Suite: The Planets

Contributors

Presenter:
Petroc Trelawny
Cellist:
Peter Dixon
Singers:
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
James Davidson
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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