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Night Waves

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Intrigue, incest and bloody revelation open the first of a new season of the late-night cultural magazine as Richard Coles reports on the first night of The Oedipus Plays, directed by Sir Peter Hall. After a summer of debate about the ethics of abortion and fertility treatment, Night Waves asks whether professional philosophers have anything useful to say when it comes to real-life decision making. And
William Mival reviews on this evening's premiere of Colin Matthews 's new cello concerto for Mstislav
Rostropovich.
Producer Robyn Read

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Coles
Directed By:
Sir Peter Hall.
Directed By:
William Mival
Unknown:
Colin Matthews
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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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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