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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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The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Rites of Remembrance

Rites of Remembrance

14/11/2010

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Rites of Remembrance

Highlights from Brighton Early Music Festival 2010: Emma Kirkby, BREMF Consort of Voices.

Lucie Skeaping with highlights of a concert from the 2010 Brighton Early Music Festival by soprano Emma Kirkby, the International Baroque Players and the BREMF Consort of Voices.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert from the 2010 Brighton Early Music Festival. The soprano Emma Kirkby is joined by the International Baroque Players, and the newly formed BREMF Consort of Voices, directed by Deborah Roberts. The concert includes music written in remembrance of the dead, laments from the Old Testament and Classical myths set by composers including Purcell and Pergolesi; Lucie Skeaping introduces a selection of music from the concert in today's programme.

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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