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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 Four Temperaments

The Four Temperaments

04/12/2011

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Texts and music about the Four Temperaments. Readings by Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope.

Texts and music on the theme of the Four Temperaments, with readings by Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope. Including Wordsworth, Donne, Thomas and Chaucer, plus Holst, Britten, Bruckner.

Actors Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope read a selection of poetry and prose about the four temperaments by Wordsworth, John Donne, Dylan Thomas, Milton and Chaucer with music by Dowland, Holst, Britten and Bruckner.

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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