Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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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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Music: Classical: Chamber & Recital

Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sounds of France: Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more

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Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more

Sounds of France

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Sounds of France, Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more

Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform French Romantic song.

Sounds of France: in the second of this week's concerts, soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton perform Romantic French songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more.

Sounds of France: soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton celebrate the headily evocative poetry of Paul Verlaine in songs by Debussy, Ravel and Hahn among others, and Fauré's cycle La bonne chanson.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Debussy: Fêtes galantes (Set 1)
Ravel: Sur l'herbe
Fauré: Clair de lune
De Severac: Le ciel est pas-dessus le toit
Hahn: Tous deux; L'heure exquise
Bordes: Colloque sentimental
Saint-Saens: Le vent dans la plaine
De Severac: Paysages tristes
Fauré: La bonne chanson

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sounds of France

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.

Sarah Walker introduces French chamber music from the Baroque to the present day.

Sarah Walker introduces performances of French chamber music from the Baroque to the present day.

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Sounds of France

Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more

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