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The Music Machine

BBC Radio 3
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Music and Science Fiction
Sue Nelson explores the way musicians have interpreted space in their music, beginning with some famous examples. Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra became synonymous with space after its use in the film 2001: A Space
Odyssey. After seeing the film, a young David Bowie decided to write a song based on space travel - and another classic was born. Producer Barbara Schofield

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David Bowie
Producer:
Barbara Schofield
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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