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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives

Private Passions: Katie Mitchell

03/01/2010

Katie Mitchell

BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Katie Mitchell

Michael Berkeley meets theatre director Katie Mitchell. Her choices include Bach and Nono.

Michael Berkeley meets theatre director Katie Mitchell, whose musical choices include a Bach aria, string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek, and music by Nono and Schnittke.

Michael Berkeley talks to the theatre director Katie Mitchell, whose often controversial productions range
from Greek tragedy to Dr Seuss and operas by Mozart and Janacek. Much of the music she has chosen is connected with her work in the theatre, including a Bach aria and a Schubert song and string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek as well as music by Luigi Nono and Alfred Schnittke.

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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