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

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

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Music: Classical

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: Finishing the Hat

Finishing the Hat

18/04/2010

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Words and music inspired by painting, with readings by Alex Jennings and Carolyn Pickles.

Texts and music inspired by painting, with readings from Alex Jennings and Carolyn Pickles. Includes Browning and Forster, plus Rorem, Debussy and Respighi.

Alex Jennings and Carolyn Pickles read poetry and prose from William Carlos Williams, Christina Rossetti, Robert Browning, E.M. Forster, Fleur Adcock and Thom Gunn.

With music by Ned Rorem, Debussy, Morton Feldman, Mussorgsky, George Gershwin, Respighi and Stephen Sondheim.

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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