The Listening Service

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

BBC Radio 3

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Music: Classical

An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service

Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works

The Listening Service: Perfect Harmony

Perfect Harmony

BBC Radio 3 - The Listening Service, Perfect Harmony

Tom Service thinks about how harmony works, what different choices of chords can do, and how it all makes us feel.

How does harmony work? How do certain chord sequences bring a sense of tension and release, and actually how many chords do you really need? With  improvisor extraordinaire Wayne Marshall at the piano and choral director Patrick Allies.

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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