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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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Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating subjects

Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events

Twenty Minutes: Sliding in at the Back

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Sliding in at the Back

31/01/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Sliding in at the Back

Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player.

Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player and the contribution this unique instrument makes to western music.

Beethoven's 5th is famous all over the world for the opening. But for Trombonists, it's the last movement that really matters. The great C major fanfare at the end of the symphony is the entry of the Trombone into the mainstream orchestral repertoire. From this moment, the orchestral sonorities of Mahler, Brucker, Verdi and Wagner suddenly become possible. 

In this programme we gather together three trombone experts to talk about the life of a trombone player, and the contribution this unique instrument makes to western music. They share their thoughts on auditions, on life as an orchestra player, on instruments and composers, and on the joys and frustrations of the job.

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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