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Barenboim and BBC Clive Myrie will meet fellow journalists to discuss how classical
music has sustained them while reporting on the frontline of breaking news.

Jools Holland will present a new Saturday lunchtime programme, Earlier…with Jools
Holland with Radio 3 also set to relaunch its Friday Night is Music Night show with

the BBC Concert Orchestra, presenting 'lighter' music, including well-known classical
hits from film and TV.

BBC Radio 3 and Proms controller Sam Jackson said of the changes: ‘Today, we

cement our commitment to live music, and take the opportunity to tell powerful
stories through the magical medium of radio. From Clemency Burton-Hill’s major
series on the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, to Soweto Kinch’s nightly jazz

programme, Radio 3 is offering a diverse range of programmes unlike anything
available elsewhere...’

Suzy Klein, Head of BBC Arts and Classical Music TV added: '...A record-breaking

year for the Proms on television and iPlayer last year showed just how much of an
appetite there is from TV audiences for classical music programmes which inspire,
delight and provoke... I can’t wait to bring this exciting range of music programmes to

BBC audiences.'

The BBC’s television offering will include new series Mozart: Rise of a
Genius charting the life and work of the composer on the fortieth anniversary of the

release of the film Amadeus using Mozart’s own music as a soundtrack. Maria Callas
will be the focus of a new Arena film, while a new film of Britten’s Curlew River,

created in partnership with the 75 Aldeburgh Festival, will celebrate the
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60 anniversary of its first performance.
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