The Early Music Show

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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: 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: The Gibbons Clan

The Gibbons Clan

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Gibbons Clan

An exploration of the lives and music of a musical C17th dynasty - the Gibbons family.

An exploration of the lives and music of an extraordinarily musical 17th-century dynasty - the Gibbons family. Presented by Lucie Skeaping.

Orlando Gibbons came from a very musical family – his father was a member of the Oxford Waits, two of his brothers were also composers, and his son entered into the profession too. Lucie Skeaping explores the lives and music of this 17th-century musical dynasty.

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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