Inside Music

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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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Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician.

Inside Music: Tenor Nicky Spence with music both structural and spiritual

Tenor Nicky Spence with music both structural and spiritual

BBC Radio 3 - Inside Music, Tenor Nicky Spence with music both structural and spiritual

Nicky Spence opens up a selection of music from a singer’s point of view.

Nicky Spence opens up a selection of music from a singer’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Scottish tenor Nicky Spence is a star of the opera stage, and while his choices today include dramatic productions by Benjamin Britten and Richard Wagner, there are many surprises in store too. 

Nicky reveals his passion for dancing was inspired by Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, explains why folk music grounds him emotionally and finds parallels between being a tenor and being an alphorn player. 

Plus he shows his huge admiration for Beyoncé.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

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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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