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Week ahead

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08 February 2013

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HIGHLIGHT: The Choir The composer Paul Mealor discusses large-scale ceremonies with the director of music at St Paul's Cathedral, Andrew Carwood.

Radio 3 5pm Sunday
 

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Sunday 4.40pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise Aled Jones presents hymns for Lent, and learns why Henry Olonga gave up his cricketing career.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC4) The Sound and the Fury: A century of music An exploration of the changes in classical music during the 20th century (1/3).

Wednesday 9pm (BBC2) Brain Doctors At John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, a neurosurgeon faces difficult dilemmas (2/3).
 

RADIO

Saturday 1pm (R3) The Early Music Show Catherine Bott visits an exhibition on the life of Charles Jennens, who created the libretto for Handel's Messiah.

Sunday 6.05am and 11.30pm (R4) Something Understood The Dalai Lama considers what we know about the nature of the mind.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Worcester College, Oxford.

4pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday's service from Salisbury Cathedral.

Tuesday 4pm (R4) Islam Without God Is it possible to be a Muslim, but not a believer?

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from St John's College, Cambridge.

4pm (R4) Thinking Allowed Laurie Taylor pays tribute to the late Stan Cohen, who helped to found the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics. 

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