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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

Radio 3

Music: Classical: Experimental & New

Elizabeth Alker with music by a new generation of composers who defy classification.

Elizabeth Alker with music by an exciting new generation of unclassified composers and performers, breaking free of the constraints of practice rooms and concert halls.

Unclassified: Laurie Anderson’s Listening Chair

Laurie Anderson’s Listening Chair

BBC Radio 3 - Unclassified, Laurie Anderson’s Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker invites Laurie to share music which transports her.

Elizabeth Alker invites Laurie to share music which transports her, plus an exclusive listen to the cinematic new album from Portico Quartet.

Elizabeth Alker presents a cinematic mix of ambient music to lift your mood. Laurie Anderson takes a seat in the Unclassified Listening Chair to talk about a piece of music which transports her. A long-term resident of New York, Laurie selects a piece by a fellow prominent New Yorker, William Basinski and his Disintegration Loops. The Disintegration Loops began as a project to digitise the magnetic tape recordings Basinski had made in the 1980s, but once the tapes started running, he discovered they were deteriorating in real time as he was recording. The result was a moving reflection on slowly decaying beauty which gained extra poignancy as Basinski finished the project on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Laurie describes listening to this piece and where it takes her. 

Also in the show, Elizabeth shares an exclusive listen to the cinematic new album from Portico Quartet and there’s new music from the Danish drone group Vanessa Amara. 

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for Radio 3

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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