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Music Matters

Cole Porter, Music News Round-Up, Housman

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Petroc Trelawny presents a composer portrait of Cole Porter with Cliff Eisen and jazz pianist Ian Shaw, plus a round-up of the big news stories in music during the 2015-16 season. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Petroc Trelawny
Interviewed Guest:
Cliff Eisen
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Shaw
Interviewed Guest:
Marshall Marcus
Interviewed Guest:
Fiona Maddocks
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Parker
Interviewed Guest:
James Newby
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Burnside

The Essay

Roald Dahl at 100

Episode 1: Frank Cottrell Boyce on flying and myth-making

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Frank Cottrell Boyce explores the myth Dahl constructed out of his near-fatal plane crash during the Second World War and how the writer so perceptively captured a child's-eye view. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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