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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: The timeless power of contemporary choral music

The timeless power of contemporary choral music

BBC Radio 3 - The Listening Service, The timeless power of contemporary choral music

Tom Service immerses himself in the resonant sound world of 21st-century choral music.

Tom Service immerses himself in the resonant sound world of 21st-century choral music and discovers how this music evokes both immediacy and transcendence.

The vocal music  of contemporary composers like Morton Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and Caroline Shaw, is hugely popular with choirs, congregations and audiences. How do they achieve their brand of mystery and magic? Tom Service immerses himself in the resonant sound world of 21st-century choral music and discovers how it works. With guest, Kerry Andrew, who makes music for communities as well as choirs.

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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