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17 unusual facts about BBC Radio 3


Anthony Bolton

In September 2009 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.

Brian Robins

He has broadcast for BBC Radio 3 and is a former member of the awards panel of the Stanley Sadie International Handel Recording Prize.

Di Xiao

The albums were well received and featured on flagship radio programmes including the respected BBC Radio 3 programme 'In Tune'.

In February 2011 Di Xiao featured on BBC Radio 3's In-Tune programme as a prelude to her St Martin-in-the-Fields debut when, during a 30 minute slot, Di Xiao was interviewed by host Sean Rafferty and played live on air.

Doublemoon

they have appeared on the covers of magazines like Global Rhythm and received nominations for the BBC Radio 3 world music awards.

Fiona Reynolds

In February 2010 she was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.

Hilary Davan Wetton

He appears frequently as a guest conductor with choirs and orchestras both in Britain and overseas, and performs regularly on Radio 3.

Integrated Services Digital Network

BBC Radio 3 commonly makes use of three ISDN BRIs to carry 320 kbit/s audio stream for live outside broadcasts.

Kenneth Woods

His work on the concert platform and in the recording studio has led to numerous broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio, and CBC Radio 2.

Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk

and the first assessment of the Ring on DVD for CD Review (2008) Radio 3's CD Review.

Philip Stott

In June 2008 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3.

Raymond Yiu

Three of his works have been shortlisted by the spnm: Tranced Summer-Night, Tranced and Calendar of Tolerable Inventions from Around the World, which was performed by Lontano in 2002, and was subsequently broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

Shantel

Shantel released two compilations of his popular DJ night, Bucovina Club, on his own Essay label, which won the Club Global award in the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

St George's Day in England

BBC Radio 3 had a full programme of St George's Day events in 2006, and Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, has been putting the argument forward in the House of Commons to make St George's Day a public holiday.

Stephen Marchionda

Recent solo highlights include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Frick Collection and the Harvard Music Association; London’s Wigmore Hall and Linbury Theatre (Royal Opera House), the Aspen, Cheltenham (BBC Radio 3 Live Performance) and Les Junies Festivals, and throughout the rest of Europe and Japan.

Trevor Harrison

In addition to his role in The Archers, he has acted in several radio plays on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.

UK Music Charts

In response, BBC Radio 3 introduced a specialist classical chart that lists only "serious" classics, and devoted some of its Tuesday morning programming to this chart.


2013 in Scottish television

Those restored are BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Extra and BBC Asian Network, while BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC World Service remain unavailable while BBC Alba is broadcasting.

Andrew Zolinsky

Zolinsky's music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and he has also given solo recitals on Classic FM, German Radio, Czech Radio and two recitals of contemporary Irish music for BBC Radio Ulster.

Bella Tromba

They regularly appear on BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme with Sean Rafferty, and in 2007 performed and recorded with American rapper and producer Kanye West.

Chi-chi Nwanoku

In the media, she has been involved with programmes on BBC Radio 3 including the BBC Radio 3 Requests programme where she alternates with Fiona Talkington.

Colin Matthews

His work Traces Remain, which takes its name and inspiration from a book of essays by Charles Nicholl, was premiered on 8 January 2014 at the Barbican Centre, London by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo, and was broadcast live by BBC Radio 3.

Deirdre Cartwright

As a solo artist she has played with the American guitarist Tal Farlow, toured with Jamaican composer Marjorie Whylie, played throughout Europe, has seen the weekly jazz club she co-runs, 'Blow The Fuse', become one of the most popular in London, and has been a regular presenter for BBC Radio 3.

Études-Tableaux

BBC Radio 3 chose the recording by Rustem Hayroudinoff (Chandos Records) as the finest version of the Complete Études-Tableaux, in its programme Building a Library.

Finn Peters

The Finn Peters Quintet (or 'Finntet') beat the bands of Stan Tracey and Byron Wallen in the best jazz group category of the BBC Radio 3 Jazz Awards.

Howard Barker

Scenes from an Execution, originally written for Radio 3 and starring Glenda Jackson in 1984, was later adapted for the stage.

John Socman

A complete studio recording from Manchester was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 7 February 1982, conducted by Edward Downes.

Krapp, ou, La dernière bande

The performance was at the BBC Studios at Maida Vale in London, where it was recorded for a future radio broadcast on 10 September on BBC Radio 3 as part of a wide-ranging festival of Beckett's work in London.

Kroke

The same year, KROKE received a nomination in the World Music category from BBC Radio 3 for the album Quartet – Live at Home (with Tomasz Grochot on drums, who went on to tour with the band over the next few years) as well as working with Edyta Geppert, which would later bring about the joint release Śpiewam życie (2006).

Lance Dann

As a radio artist he has worked extensively with composer Rohan Kriwaczek on a series of works for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and independent stations internationally.

Little Russia, London

In March 2009, Moscow-born novelist and broadcaster Zinovy Zinik travelled to the area to broadcast The Ghosts of Little Russia on BBC Radio 3.

Lucy Durán

She is a regular presenter of BBC Radio 3's world music programme World Routes and a producer of record albums by African musicians including Kora player Toumani Diabate, singer Kasse Mady Diabate, ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate and Sephardic singer Yasmin Levy.

Monsieur Doumani

The album was also presented by radio stations world-wide such as BBC Radio 3, RootsWorld Radio, PBS 106.7FM Melbourne, KDVS California and Radio France.

Patricia Hughes

After a career break during which she raised her daughter, Hughes returned to the newly launched BBC Radio 3 in 1969, when she began presenting the Monday Lunchtime Concerts from St John's, Smith Square in Westminster, London.

Paul Vaughan

On Radio 3 he presented Record Review from 1981, taking over from John Lade, who had presented it from its beginning in 1957.

Paula Morris

After completing a D. Phil at the University of York, under the supervision of Hermione Lee, and after a brief stint living in Manchester, she moved to London – working for BBC Radio 3 as a production assistant, Virgin Records as Press Officer for Virgin Classics, and PolyGram (now Universal) as Press and Promotions Manager for Philips.

Rory Jennings

His radio and audio credits include: Just Prose (BBC Radio 3), Feelings Under Siege (BBC Northern Ireland) and I, Davros (Big Finish Productions), in which he played the iconic Doctor Who villain Davros during his youth.

RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

Familiar visitors to all the main UK festivals, the Vanbrugh Quartet also broadcasts frequently for BBC Radio 3 and performs regularly at London’s Wigmore Hall and South Bank.

Signum Quartet

Concerts by the four musicians have been broadcast nationally and internationally by stations of the ARD, Deutschlandfunk, DRS, ORF, BBC and Arte.

The Rite of Spring discography

On the 22 March 2008 broadcast of BBC 3'S CD Review - Building a Library, music critic Rob Cowan surveyed recordings of The Rite of Spring and recommended the 2004 recording by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Eotvos (conductor) , as the best available choice.

Tintinnabuli

"Tintinnabuli is the mathematically exact connection from one line to another.....tintinnabuli is the rule where the melody and the accompaniment accompanying voice...is one. One plus one, it is one - it is not two. This is the secret of this technique." - from a conversation between Arvo Pärt and Antony Pitts recorded for BBC Radio 3 at the Royal Academy of Music in London on 29 March 2000, as printed in the liner notes of the Naxos Records release of Passio.

Wakefield Cathedral

Wakefield Cathedral Choir, directed by Thomas Moore assisted by Simon Earl (assistant director of music) and Daniel Justin (organ scholar), consists of boys, girls and men who perform at the cathedral and have appeared on BBC One's Songs of Praise and BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong.

Yvonne Antrobus

She has made over 100 abridgments and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson.

Zeb Soanes

On Sunday 24th November 2013 he spoke the role of God in a production of Noye's Fludde on BBC Radio 3, the production being part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of Benjamin Britten's centenary.