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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

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: How to love new music

What's All that Noise?

How to love new music

BBC Radio 3 - The Listening Service, How to love new music

All noise and no good tunes? Tom Service bangs the drum for contemporary classical music.

All noise and no tunes?

Why is contemporary classical music often thought of as hard work and how can we learn to love it? 

With music from Beethoven to Birtwistle to Burna Boy and Stormzy, new music fan Tom Service has words of encouragement.

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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