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

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

Pre-Hear

Music: Classical

Music: Classical: Experimental & New

Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music

Companion programme to Hear and Now, the contemporary music showcase, offering more of the best new music

Pre-Hear: Rain

Rain

15/01/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, Rain

Three scenes with rain as their subject, by Toru Takemitsu, Judith Weir and Barry Guy.

Musical evocations of rain: Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming. Judith Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain. Barry Guy: After the Rain.

Musical evocations of rain:
Toru Takemitu: Rain Coming
London Sinfonietta, conducted by Oliver Knussen

Judith Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins

Barry Guy: After the Rain
City of London Sinfonia, conducted by Richard Hickox.

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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