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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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A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: The Metaphysical Soul

The Metaphysical Soul

29/11/2009

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A selection of poems by metaphysical poets including Donne, George Herbert and Marvell.

Anna Massey and Derek Jacobi read a selection of poems by metaphysical poets including Donne, George Herbert and Marvell. With music by Mahler, Takemitsu, Britten and Beethoven.

Anna Massey and Derek Jacobi read selections of poems by Metaphysical Poets, John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Carew and Andrew Marvell interspersed with the five sections of Burnt Norton, the first of the Four Quartets by TS Eliot. 
Including music by Mahler, Takemitsu, Britten, Byrd and Beethoven.

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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