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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.

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BBC Radio 3 - Unclassified, Open Spaces

Music suited to open spaces and a track inspired by Japanese gardening.

Music suited to open spaces by Welsh artist Koreless. Plus two legends of art music, David Toop and Ryuichi Sakamoto, collaborate on a track inspired by Japanese gardening.

Elizabeth Alker surveys the landscape of contemporary ambient recordings, with songs that soothe, spiral, and soar. Featuring music suited to open spaces  by Koreless, taken from his long-awaited debut album that’s been five years in the making titled Agor (the Welsh word for open). Plus, two legends of art music, David Toop and Ryuichi Sakamoto, collaborate on a track inspired by the aesthetics of Japanese gardening. Listeners are invited to imagine themselves wandering through a subtly changing environment, chancing on beautiful details and admiring them before moving on.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for BBC 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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