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A Taste for Excellence

BBC Radio 3
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A history of the Royal
Philharmonic Society in four nightly parts. 1: Symphonies on Subscription. In 1813, a group of London musicians and music enthusiasts pooled their ready cash to found the Philharmonic
Society. What they created is now the second oldest concert-promoting organisation in the world. In the first of four programmes, Andrew Green charts the society's history from its earliest days, when concerts were given in rooms above what is now
Oxford Circus tube station.

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Andrew Green
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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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