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• Tue 29 May

  • • 18:30 BBC Radio 3 Listen live

    Irving Berlin (1888-1989) Always

    2/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Irving Berlin's experience of the First World War.

    First broadcast: 29 May 2012

    

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• Wed 30 May

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Irving Berlin (1888-1989) Nothing But Blue Skies from Now On

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's contribution to Hollywood musicals in the 1930s.

    First broadcast: 30 May 2012

    

• Thu 31 May

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Irving Berlin (1888-1989) God Bless America

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's songs from the 1940s, including White Christmas.

    First broadcast: 31 May 2012

    

• Fri 1 Jun

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Irving Berlin (1888-1989) The Song Is Ended

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Irving Berlin's final years.

    First broadcast: 01 Jun 2012

    

Next week

• Mon 4 Jun

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Episode 1

    1/5 Donald Macleod considers how the young Haydn stumbled upon a new instrumental form.

    First broadcast: 04 Jun 2012

    

• Tue 5 Jun

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Episode 2

    2/5 Donald Macleod follows Haydn to the court of Esterhazy.

    First broadcast: 05 Jun 2012

    

• Wed 6 Jun

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:30 BBC Radio 3

    Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Episode 3

    3/5 Donald Macleod on how Haydn began to discover the commercial potential of string quartets.

    First broadcast: 06 Jun 2012