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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: Twilight

Twilight

18/08/2013

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Texts and music on the theme of twilight, with readings by Paul McGann and Hermione Norris

Texts and music on the theme of twilight, with readings by Paul McGann and Hermione Norris. With Dickens, Hardy and Shakespeare, plus Schubert, Mendelssohn and Strauss.

Paul McGann and Hermione Norris are the readers in a sequence of poetry, prose and music on the subject of twilight, including texts by Dickens, Hardy and Shakespeare and music by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss.

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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