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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: Early Music and New Music

Early Music and New Music

20/11/2016

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Early Music and New Music

Lucie Skeaping hears from contemporary composers about the influence of early music.

Matthew Kaner, Caroline Shaw and Liam Byrne talk to Lucie Skeaping about how early music pieces and performance practice influence them as contemporary composers and performers.

Lucie Skeaping talks to Radio 3's embedded composer Matthew Kaner, New York-based composer Caroline Shaw and viola da gamba player Liam Byrne about how early music pieces and performance practice influence their styles as contemporary composers and performers.

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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