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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: Neil Gaiman’s Listening Chair

Neil Gaiman’s Listening Chair

BBC Radio 3 - Unclassified, Neil Gaiman’s Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker shares ambient sounds, and author Neil Gaiman sits in the Listening Chair.

Elizabeth Alker presents ambient and electronic sounds, and author Neil Gaiman shares a track that transports him.

Neil Gaiman is a celebrated British author known for his imaginative storytelling and captivating narratives that traverse the realms of fantasy, horror and mythology. As the National Theatre's production of his acclaimed novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane continues to tour the country, Gaiman sits in the Unclassified Listening Chair to share a piece of ambient music that speaks to him of travel, transportation and liminal space.

Elsewhere in the show, Elizabeth Alker goes on a sonic wander, serving up ambient and electronic sounds including new releases from composer and pianist Tiny Leaves who offers a mesmerising soundscape inspired by the Shropshire countryside. Plus there's twinkling and ethereal melodic lines from Montreal harpist Sarah Pagé and moody minimalist electronics from Danish composer and producer Astrid Sonne.

Produced by Alexa Kruger 
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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