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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: Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece

28/12/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Words and Music, Ancient Greece

Poetry and music on the theme of Ancient Greece. Readings by Tim McMullan, Clare Higgins.

Tim McMullan and Clare Higgins read works by Shakespeare, Keats, Byron and Homer on the subject of Ancient Greece. With music by Schubert, Tippett and Bernstein.

Actors Tim McMullan and Clare Higgins read poems and prose extracts by Shakespeare, Keats, Auden and Homer etc on the subject of Ancient Greece. With music by Schubert, Tippett, Bernstein, Stravinsky and Ravel

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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