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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.

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Saturday Classics: The Story of Music: Episode 3: Dan Snow

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Episode 3: Dan Snow

The Story of Music

BBC Radio 3 - Saturday Classics, The Story of Music, Dan Snow

Dan Snow presents music relating to the Napoleonic Wars.

Dan Snow presents music relating to the Napoleonic Wars. Including Beethoven, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Paisiello, plus Corsican polyphonic music from Napoleon's childhood.

In this edition of Saturday Classics, the historian Dan Snow presents a sequence of music relating to his favourite period in history - the Napoloeonic Wars. Napoleon's exact contemporary Beethoven will feature heavily alongside music by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Paisiello (Napoleon's favourite composer) and some of the Corsican polyphonic music of Napoleon's childhood. 

First broadcast 16/02/2013.

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.

Historians offer a personal musical narrative inspired by a chosen historical period

Series of programmes in which in which prominent historians offer a personal musical narrative inspired by a chosen historical period

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