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: John Wilson on Broadway

Saturday Classics: John Wilson on Broadway: Episode 1

Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals

Episode 1

John Wilson on Broadway

BBC Radio 3 - Saturday Classics, John Wilson on Broadway, Episode 1

John Wilson introduces classics from the Broadway stage, including Showboat and Follies.

John Wilson presents a personal selection from the golden age of the Broadway musical. Including Showboat and Follies, plus musicals by George and Ira Gershwin, and Rodgers/Hart.

In the first of two programmes for a Saturday afternoon, conductor John Wilson presents a personal selection of classics from the golden age of the Broadway musical. HIs main focus is on the "book musical" in which composers and lyricists sought to create an intergrated structure of music, words, dance and drama in the presentation of a story. John begins his journey wiht Jerome Kern's "Showboat" and ends with Stephen Sondheim's self-reflective Broadway show, "Follies", taking in musicals by George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Lerner and Loewe, Leonard Bernstein and Jule Stein on the way.

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.

John Wilson presents a selection of classics from the golden age of the Broadway musical

Conductor John Wilson presents a personal selection of classics from the golden age of the Broadway musical

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