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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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: Flute music by Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez

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Flute music by Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez

Sounds of France

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Sounds of France, Flute music by Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez

Flautist Adam Walker plays Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez.

Sounds of France: in the third of this week's concerts, flautist Adam Walker and pianist Alasdair Beatson play Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez.

In the third of this week's concerts, flautist Adam Walker and pianist Alasdair Beatson explore the French love-affair with the flute, from the salon elegance of Widor, through jazz-inspired Milhaud and Messiaen's sensuous soundscapes to the iconoclastic power of Boulez.

Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Widor: Suite Op 34
Milhaud: Sonatine
Messiaen: Vocalise; Le merle noir
Boulez: Sonatine

Adam Walker (flute)
Alasdair Beatson (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

Flute music by Widor, Milhaud, Messiaen and Boulez

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