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

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Discovering Music

Music: Classical

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: Mahler: Symphonies of Songs

Discovering Music: Mahler: Symphonies of Songs: Episode 2

Episode 2

Mahler: Symphonies of Songs

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, Mahler: Symphonies of Songs, Episode 2

Stephen Johnson examines the echoes of Mahler's songs in his later symphonies.

Stephen Johnson examines the echoes of Mahler's songs in his later symphonies. Their subtle resonances are important in unlocking and understanding the emotional depths of Nos 5-10.

Stephen Johnson continues his exploration of Mahler, examining the echoes of his songs in his later symphonies. Whilst their influence is not as obvious as in the first four symphonies, the songs' subtle resonances in these later works play an important role in the understanding and unpicking of the emotional depths of Symphonies 5-10.

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.

Stephen Johnson explores the echoes of songs in Gustav Mahler's symphonies

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth, Stephen Johnson explores the echoes of songs in the composer's symphonies

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