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09:00 - 12:00 Essential Classics
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Schubert. Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout).
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12:00 - 13:00 Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod on Purcell's music for an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Arts and Drama on Radio 3
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An Informal History of the Male Nude
The Essay (week nights 10.45pm) this week explores the meaning of the male nude in the visual arts. Listen now
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Arts & Drama programmes on Radio 3
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Night Waves
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Rana Mitter and the strange story of 28,000 yellow plastic ducks lost at sea in 1992.
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Drama on 3
3 days left to listen
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, Andrei Demidov must make an impossible decision.
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Words and Music
3 days left to listen
Music and poetry on the theme of abundance read by Nicholas Farrell and Hayley Carmichael.
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Twenty Minutes
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Bricklayer's son, ragtime pianist, major philanthropist: the lost story of Walter Harding.
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The Wire
2 days left to listen
Tim McInnerny stars in AL Kennedy's darkly comic drama about an alcoholic pub musician.
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The Verb
1 day left to listen
Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, with new writing and poetry.
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The Essay
Available to listen
Gabriel Gbadamosi considers the meaning of the male nude in African art.
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Sunday Feature
3 days left to listen
Ed Smith explains why Britain's Olympic journey started 400 years ago - in the Cotswolds.
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Between the Ears
Available to listen
A sound portrait of Indian twilight, known as 'cowdust time'.
Podcasts
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Average duration: 45 minutes
Latest episode: 17:03 Wed, 22 Feb 12
The best of BBC Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme Night Waves -… featuring in-depth interviews with artists, scientists and public figures, vociferous debates, and reviews of the latest cultural events. Night Waves is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Mon - Thursday at 10pm
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Average duration: 63 minutes
Latest episode: 12:00 Fri, 17 Feb 12
Every Friday we bring you a new drama from Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your… imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.
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Entertainment & Arts News from the BBC
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Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
Friends and former colleagues pay tribute to "one-off" comedian Frank Carson, whose catchphrases included "It's a cracker", after his death aged 85.
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Star Church settles over hacking
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
Singer Charlotte Church has settled her claim against News Group Newspapers over phone hacking, the BBC has learned.
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Academy denies Baron Cohen ban
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
British comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen is not banned from attending Sunday's Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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One Direction score US chart hit
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
One Direction score the highest debut for a UK act in the US singles chart for almost 14 years, with What Makes You Beautiful.
Arts & Drama:
Looking Ahead
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Drama on 3
26/02/2012
20:30 - 22:00
Seminal 19th-century expressionist play based on a real life murder case.
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An Informal History of the Male Nude
23 February 2012, 22:45 - 23:00
Matthew Sweet reflects on the male nude in Renaissance and Victorian art.
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Night Waves
23/02/2012
22:00 - 22:45
Patrick Stewart talks about his role as William Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play Bingo.
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Sunday Feature
26 February 2012, 19:45 - 20:30
Justin Champion on how 17th-century puritanism still influences thinking about the poor.
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Twenty Minutes
24 February 2012, 20:30 - 20:50
Musician David Bramwell explores the art of the clap in creating and teaching music.
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The Verb
24 February 2012, 22:00 - 22:45
Ian McMillan's guests are Wendy Cope, Ira Lightman, Shalom Auslander and Ana Silvera.
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The Wire
25 February 2012, 21:30 - 22:30
By Paul Sellar. A hostile takeover bid sparks a war among rival business interests.
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Words and Music
26 February 2012, 18:30 - 19:45
Texts and music on the theme of middles. Readings by Juliet Stevenson and Peter Marinker.
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