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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 Eternal City

The Eternal City

21/08/2011

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Texts and music about life in ancient Rome. Readers: Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker.

Texts and music about everyday life in ancient Rome, with readings by Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker. Includes Pliny, Juvenal and Dickens, plus Wagner, Orff, Rota and Respighi.

Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker with words and music about everyday life in Ancient Rome including texts by Pliny, Juvenal, Dickens, Henry James, Mark Twain, W.H Auden & Kipling. And music by Wagner, Carl Orff, Nino Rota, Stephen Sondheim, John Williams, Respighi, Allegri, Berlioz, Britten and Puccini.

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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