BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Baritone Benjamin Appl on life as a lieder singer, including songs by Schubert and Mahler.

Baritone Benjamin Appl talks about life as a lieder singer, including songs by Strauss, Janacek, Schubert and Debussy. Singers Margaret Price and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau feature.

Baritone Benjamin Appl steals into the storehouse of great art songs to find music and lyrics, which he matches in a very down-to-earth way to his everyday experience as a lieder singer in the 21st century. In this first programme in the series, he talks about auditions, collaborations, accompanists and life on the road. Includes songs by Wolf, Rossini, Strauss, Mahler, Janacek, Schubert and Debussy. Features singers such as Margaret Price, Cecilia Bartoli, Christa Ludwig, Magdalena Kozena and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

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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Baritone Benjamin Appl on life as a Lieder singer.

Baritone Benjamin Appl delves into the great treasure trove of German Lieder, French melodies and English art song.

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