Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument. With so many terms, styles, composers and performers ...
I already have a very effective antidote to those things – it’s called BBC Radio 3. But anything that might bring new listeners to classical music has to be a good thing, so I roused myself ...
Arguably the vocal tradition became British music's glory, boosted by the arrival of Handel as a London resident ... founding its own broadcasting orchestra and classical radio station (now Radio 3).
There was a time when BBC Radio 3’s mission was to bring the widest variety of classical music to the widest possible public, with knowledgeable and enthusiastic presenters who knew how to wear their ...