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  1. Strange and fantastic: lighting up Patagonia with the BBC NOW

    Naomi Thomas, Principal Second Violin of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, describes her outreach work as part of a small group of players working in Patagonia as part of the orchestra's South American Tour.

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  2. Putting the Pacific into Pacific Quay

    A special blog from World on 3 producer David Allison, explaining the extraordinary process of capturing the music of the Pacific from a studio in Glasgow.

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  3. Radio 3's Musical Map of Britain

    Help us create a map of musical Britain by sending us your information. 

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  4. On approaching Pan

    Composer-in-Association at the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, B Tommy Andersson describes his composition of Pan, which premieres at the BBC Proms 2015.

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  5. Storming Laugharne Castle

    BBC Wales project manager Nick Andrews describes the daunting task of mounting a radio festival in a Welsh castle without touching any of the walls ...

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  6. Bacon's Classics

    Richard Bacon on Essential Classics

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  7. BBC Proms 2015 ‒ It’s that time of year again!

    Emma Bloxham, Radio 3's Editor, Live Music, looks forward to the 2015 BBC Proms season with a view from behind the scenes.

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  8. For Children in Need - the ultimate musical battle

    Steve Bowbrick introduces Radio 3's Ultimate Musical Battle: Wagner vs Verdi. Little Mix vs One Direction. Girls vs boys. And all for Children in Need.

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  9. Composing A Violence of Gifts - Part 4

    In the fourth and final part of his series of blogs, Mark Bowden, resident composer at the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, describes the final writing stages of his composition, A Violence of Gifts, which were undertaken at the MacDowell Colony in the USA.

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  10. After The Music That Made the Movies

    Neil Brand introduces highlights from the continuing Sound of Cinema season on the BBC.

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  11. BBC Proms in 4.0

    Rupert Brun, Head of Technology for BBC Radio, invites you to participate in a surround sound experiment with BBC Radio 3 and BBC R&D.

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  12. Toulouse Lautrec's Pumpkin Gratin - Yes, really!

    Private Passions producer Elizabeth Burke discovers that art writer Martin Gayford has a passion for jazz ... and also for cooking.

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  13. Radio 3 Breakfast - up with the larks

    Clemency Burton-Hill reviews her first two weeks in the Radio 3 Breakfast chair.

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  14. Singapore Sing ‒ the BBC Singers on Tour

    The BBC Singers recently visited Singapore to help the Singapore Orchestra and Chorus celebrate their 36th anniversary. Alto Margaret Cameron describes the concerts, workshops and incidental pleasures of the Southeast Asian city-state and island country.

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  15. Take Radio 3 with you... anywhere

    Andrew Caspari introduces the new version of the iPlayer Radio app, which allows us to download almost all BBC Radio 3 programmes, including the 2015 Proms season of concerts.

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  16. Digital Proms 2014

    Proms 2014 will be more digital than ever

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  17. Small, Smaller, Smallest

    Last week I received an email from Matthew Herbert asking if I could help him with a composition he was planning for BBC Prom 44. Matthew has worked with the London Sinfonietta before and he was asked to create a live remix of the prom. The performers of Ligeti's Poème Symphonique, relaxing ...

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  18. Mark Ravenhill chooses three classic plays for BBC Radio 3

    Playwright, actor and journalist Mark Ravenhill has chosen three of his favourite plays to be produced for BBC Radio 3

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