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BBC Radio 3
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Petroc Trelawney introduces the BBC
Philharmonic in a programme of Romantic works from Chester Cathedral.
Anthony Marwood (violin),BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes Wagner Overture: Tannhauser
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto In E minor
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Old World, New World. Ian Peacock explores two perspectives on Chester- viewed through the eyes of ancient Rome and new America. Archaeologist Keith Matthews discusses recent findings which indicate that Rome saw Chester as considerably more than just a fortress town, while historian
John Wolfenden traces the connection between
Chester and its early American literary visitors, particularly Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James.
8.35 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor

Contributors

Violin:
Anthony Marwood
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
Ian Peacock
Unknown:
Keith Matthews
Unknown:
John Wolfenden
Unknown:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Unknown:
Henry James.
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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