Most popular Factual programmes on BBC Radio 3 2009-12-08T22:17:19Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_radio_three/factual/artsculture_and_the_media/popular BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6b0b 2009-12-08T10:52:49Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6b0b/Composer_of_the_Week_Tomaso_Giovanni_Albinoni_(16711750_51)_Episode_1/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6b0b_150_84.jpg" alt="Composer of the Week: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1750/51): Episode 1" /> </a> </p> <p> Donald Macleod examines the few known facts of Albinoni's life. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6bfm 2009-12-08T13:33:30Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6bfm/Composer_of_the_Week_Tomaso_Giovanni_Albinoni_(16711750_51)_Episode_2/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6bfm_150_84.jpg" alt="Composer of the Week: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1750/51): Episode 2" /> </a> </p> <p> Donald Macleod explores Albinoni's operatic output. Only three of them survived intact. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p693f 2009-12-06T14:43:51Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p693f/The_Early_Music_Show_Instrumental_to_the_Baroque/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p693f_150_84.jpg" alt="The Early Music Show: Instrumental to the Baroque" /> </a> </p> <p> Catherine Bott chairs a talk about the past, present and future of period performance. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00gkxgg 2009-12-08T15:51:47Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gkxgg/The_Essay_Loving_the_Raven_The_Regency_Parrot/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00gkxgg_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Loving the Raven: The Regency Parrot" /> </a> </p> <p> Andrew Taylor explores Poe's childhood in England and the inspiration behind his own novel </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6694 2009-12-05T14:29:54Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6694/The_Early_Music_Show_Giovanni_Croce/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6694_150_84.jpg" alt="The Early Music Show: Giovanni Croce" /> </a> </p> <p> Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6b0j 2009-12-08T11:14:10Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6b0j/In_Tune_07_12_2009_John_Fulljames_Kathryn_Stott_Graham_Fitkin/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6b0j_150_84.jpg" alt="In Tune: 07/12/2009 John Fulljames, Kathryn Stott, Graham Fitkin" /> </a> </p> <p> With Sean Rafferty. Jonathan Dove's opera The Enchanted Pig, plus pianist Kathryn Stott. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31jj 2009-12-03T12:07:08Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31jj/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_2/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31jj_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 2" /> </a> </p> <p> James Buchan looks back at the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p6b0n 2009-12-08T10:52:58Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6b0n/Night_Waves_Russian_Art_Where_the_Wild_Things_Are/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p6b0n_150_84.jpg" alt="Night Waves: Russian Art/Where the Wild Things Are" /> </a> </p> <p> Anne McElvoy talks to critic Andrew Graham-Dixon about the history of Russian art. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p33yj 2009-12-07T11:51:26Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p33yj/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_5/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p33yj_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 5" /> </a> </p> <p> Simon Blackburn assesses David Hume's revolutionary Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p31rr 2009-12-03T12:05:38Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p31rr/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Smith_Hume_Part_3/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p31rr_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Smith/Hume: Part 3" /> </a> </p> <p> Vince Cable MP wonders what Adam Smith would make of today's global financial crisis. </p>