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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: The Power of Alchemy

The Power of Alchemy

18/05/2014

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Texts and music on the theme of alchemy. Readers: Sian Phillips and Donald Sumpter.

Texts and music on the theme of alchemy, with readings by Sian Phillips and Donald Sumpter. Including Yeats, Pound, Borges, Marquez and Coelho.

The Power of Alchemy, a journey through the physical and spiritual dimensions of this legendary and mysterious practice, with texts by both ancient and modern writers including WB Yeats, Ezra Pound, Jorge Luis Borges, Paulo Coelho and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, read by Siân Phillips and Donald Sumpter.

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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