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

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Saturday Classics

Music: Classical

A view of classical music from a range of presenters; themed series and one-off programmes

A personal view of classical music from a range of presenters. Authored, themed mini-series and one-off programmes offer a chance to share the musical interests of the presenters.

Saturday Classics: Simon Heffer

Saturday Classics: Simon Heffer's British Music: Episode 1

Episode 1

Simon Heffer's British Music

BBC Radio 3 - Saturday Classics, Simon Heffer's British Music, Episode 1

Simon Heffer presents music by Bliss, Moeran, Howells, Stanford, Warlock and Cyril Scott.

Simon Heffer presents a personal selection of music from the British Isles, including pieces by Bliss, Moeran, Howells, Stanford, Warlock, Cyril Scott and Ethel Smyth.

Journalist Simon Heffer presents the first of four programmes making a personal selection of music from the British Isles, including works by familiar composers as well as some attractive pieces by less well-known names.

The programme features Arthur Bliss' complete "Colour Symphony" as well as choral music by Peter Warlock, orchestral works by Stanford, EJ Moeran and Cyril Scott, a short piano sonata by Ethel Smyth, some Vaughan Williams songs, and it ends with Malcolm Arnold's lively brass quintet.

Saturday Classics: Simon Heffer's British Music

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.

Journalist Simon Heffer offers a personal selection of music from the British Isles

Historian and journalist Simon Heffer offers a personal selection of music from the British Isles, including works by familiar composers as well as some attractive pieces by less well-known names.

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