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A Taste for Excellence

BBC Radio 3
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A four-part history of the Royal
Philharmonic Society.
1: Symphonies on Subscription In 1813 a group of London musicians and music enthusiasts pooled their ready cash to found the Philharmonic Society. In the first programme,
Andrew Green charts the society's history from the earliest days, when concerts were given in rooms above where Oxford Circus tube station now stands.
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

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Unknown:
Andrew Green
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine
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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