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Rating:3.1 of 5Total number of episodes:45Last broadcast:14/12/2016 at 04:05
2016
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S3 Ep6 - Finland, Norway And England

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones guides us as he unfolds the dedication of Sibelius and the music of Edvard Grieg. (S.3 Ep.6) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
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S3 Ep5 - Sydney And Melbourne

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones detours to Sydney, where he goes backstage at the Sydney Opera House and meets local symphonies and orchestras. (S.3 Ep.5) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
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S3 Ep4 - Cruising The Great Rivers Of Europe III

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones takes us cruising along The Rhine river, an area that inspired Wagner and Schumann. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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S3 Ep3 - Cruising The Great Rivers Of Europe II

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Aled Jones encounters the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner all set against the scenery of the Danube River. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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S3 Ep2 - Cruising The Great Rivers Of Europe I

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Welsh singer Aled Jones follows the great Danube River from Budapest in Hungary to Vienna via Bratislava. (From Australia) (Arts) G CC
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S3 Ep1 - Series Overview Wales, Vienna And Hamburg

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Explore Europe's most fascinating cities and the classical music composed there. Aled Jones explores his Welsh homeland, his musical inspirations as a child, and the life of the Welsh composer William Matthias. (S.3 Ep.1) (From Australia) (Entertainment Series) G CC
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S2 Ep13 - Moscow (Shostakovich, Prokofiev)

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Moscow (Shostakovich, Prokofiev) - Simon Callow takes us on a tour of Moscow and examines the lives of some of the Russian composers who lived through the Communist era, in particular, Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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S2 Ep12 - Paris And Versailles (Saint-Saens And Bizet)

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Paris & Versailles (Saint-Saens & Bizet) - Simon Callow visits Paris, home of Charles Camille Saint-Saens and Georges Bizet. While both were child prodigies, there the similarity ends. Saint-Saens was a prolific composer, and successful from an early age. In contrast, Bizet struggled to find direction and motivation. His now-famous opera Carmen was a complete flop with critics when it was first performed. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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S2 Ep11 - Madrid And Belgrade (Albeniz, De Falla, Mokranjac)

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Madrid & Belgrade (Albeniz, De Falla, Mokranjac) - Simon Callow takes us on a tour of Madrid and some of its notable landmarks. He also introduces us to two great Spanish composers, Isaac Albeniz and Manuel de Falla. Simon's next stop is Belgrade, a city associated with Stevan Mokranjac, a composer revered by Serbians but little known outside his own country. (From Australia) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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S2 Ep10 - London And Cheltenham (Holst And Vaughan Williams)

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London & Cheltenham (Holst & Vaughn Williams) - Host Simon Callow takes us to Cheltenham and Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, England, the birth places of Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) G CC WS
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