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• Mon 27 May

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

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Fauré: The City Awaits

    1/5 Donald Macleod charts the complex web of personalities in Faure's early life.

    First broadcast: 28 Jun 2010

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• Tue 28 May

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

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Fauré: Sacred Perfection

    2/5 Donald Macleod follows Faure's work at the controversial Parisian church of La Madeleine.

    First broadcast: 29 Jun 2010

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• Wed 29 May

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

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Fauré: At the Salon

    3/5 Donald Macleod visits the Parisian salons to learn more about the life of Faure.

    First broadcast: 30 Jun 2010

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• Thu 30 May

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

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Fauré: Belated Rewards

    4/5 Donald Macleod explores how Faure finally attained the job he had always sought.

    First broadcast: 01 Jul 2010

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• Fri 31 May

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

    Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Fauré: Passions Within

    5/5 Donald Macleod discusses Faure's visit to a village fete in the Vale of Glamorgan.

    First broadcast: 02 Jul 2010

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Next week

• Mon 3 Jun

  • • 12:00 BBC Radio 3
    • 18:15 BBC Radio 3

    Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Vaughan Williams: Affairs of the Heart

    1/5 Eploring the unusual role a drama student, Ursula Wood, played in Vaughan Williams's life.

    First broadcast: 03 Jun 2013

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