60th ANNIVERSARY SOUND STORIES Patricia Hughes - former BBC Radio 3 announcerPatricia Hughes caught on the hop. Listen to her story.  Tasmin Little - violinistListen to Tasmin Little revealing the early influence the Third Programme has had on her musical tastes.  Peter Donohoe - pianistListen to Peter Donohoe who always had the ambition to appear on Radio 3.  Mike Westbrook - Jazz Composer and Band LeaderListen to Mike Westbrook's memories of 'Big Band Rossini' at the Proms.  Michael Zev Gordon - composerListen to Michael Zev Gordon's memories of the Third Programme which he sees as a backcloth to this life.  Mitsuko Uchida - pianist"Music for me is only in the foreground. When I turn it on, I want to listen"  Michael Collins - clarinetIt was listening to the Mozart Clarinet Concerto at the Proms on my transistor radio that inspired me to play.  Doris Licence - listenerListening to the radio has bought back to me memories of performances from when I was a child before the Second World War.  Cormac Rigby - former Radio 3 announcer"I sat cross legged on the floor under the grand piano with a wonderful panorama of orchestral legs." Timberlake Wertenbaker - playwrightI think radio is quite an unconscious mediurm, you are solitary in some way even when there are other people in the room. |
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