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Introduction On 15 November 1950 the RAI (Radio Televisione Italiana) Third Programme broadcast I due timidi, an ‘opera radiofonica’ composed by Nino Rota to a libretto by Suso Cecchi d’Amico, for the first time. It had been commissioned by the Italian public broadcasting company, which aimed to create an original...
Born September 30, 1934; died February 19, 2023
<strong>Brief letters: </strong>Music, not chat | Who’s being stung? | Obvious ethics | Our fiends in the north | Belated response
<strong>Editorial: </strong>Besieged by cuts, falling audiences and rows about ‘dumbing down’, BBC radio’s classical music flagship is small but still vitally important
Alan Davey, controller at BBC Radio 3, takes us through celebrations for the BBC's centenary, reflecting on the unique joy in sound that radio can bring