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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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The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Composer Profile: Georg Wagenseil

01/02/2015

Composer Profile: Georg Wagenseil

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Composer Profile: Georg Wagenseil

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of Viennese composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil.

Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of Viennese composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil, one of the fathers of the Classical style, on the tercentenary of his birth.

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life and music of the Viennese composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil. Although today he's largely relegated to the footnotes of musical history, in his day he was internationally admired, not least in the Mozart household. His tercentenary year gives cause for a fresh look at this founding father of the Viennese Classical style.

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