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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: Tenebrae

Tenebrae

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Tenebrae

Lucie Skeaping with different settings of the Tenebrae services held during Holy Week.

Lucie Skeaping looks at the ways composers have set the Tenebrae services held during Holy Week. With music by Gesualdo, Victoria, Tallis, Byrd, Lobo and Couperin.

As part of the BBC’s year-long season of Belief, Lucie Skeaping looks at the way composers have treated the Tenebrae services held during the last three days of Holy Week. With music by Gesualdo, Victoria, Tallis, Byrd, Lobo and Couperin.

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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