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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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Music: Classical

Live music and interviews from the world's finest classical musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians.

Radio 3's drivetime show brings you incredible live music and interviews from the world's finest classical, jazz, folk and world musicians. If it's happening in the world of music, you'll hear it first on In Tune.

In Tune: Punch Brothers, Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton

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Punch Brothers, Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton

BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Punch Brothers, Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton

Knockout live music from some of the finest musicians on the planet.

Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from the Punch Brothers, and mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton. Plus conductor and composer Eímear Noone.

Sean Rafferty present a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Live music today comes courtesy of mandolinist Chris Thile's bluegrass-influenced band Punch Brothers, who'll be performing at the London Jazz Festival tomorrow. Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton also perform live before they give a recital together at Wigmore Hall in London, and composer/conductor Eímear Noone looks forward to performing with a hologram of Maria Callas at the London Coliseum later this month.

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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