The Listening Service

BBC Radio 3

Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works

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Mar 31, 2024 · 28 min
What's the point of Listening?
Tom Service reflects on digital listening and how it impacts our relationship with music.
Mar 10, 2024 · 28 min
Needle Drop: the power of classical music in film
Tom Service discovers the power of using pre-existing classical music in films.
Mar 3, 2024 · 28 min
Impassioned argument: Elizabeth Maconchy's string quartets
Tom Service surveys the 13 extraordinary string quartets of Elizabeth Maconchy.
Feb 25, 2024 · 28 min
Songs of the Moon
Tom Service takes us on a musical voyage to the moon (and back).
Feb 5, 2024 · 28 min
'Pathétique'
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.
Jan 21, 2024 · 29 min
Turangalila!
Tom Service travels deep into Olivier Messiaen's epic Turangalila Symphony.
Jan 16, 2024 · 29 min
Jumping Fleas: the rise and rise of the Ukulele
Tom Service explores the world of the Ukulele with virtuoso Taimane Gardner.
Dec 31, 2023 · 29 min
Resolutions
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.
Dec 11, 2023 · 29 min
New York, New York!
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tom Service, exploring the music of The Big Apple.
Nov 26, 2023 · 29 min
The Trombone Section
What is the role of the trombone section in orchestras, and why do they come in threes?
Nov 19, 2023 · 29 min
The Old Testament of Music
Tom Service explores JS Bach's extraordinary The Well-Tempered Clavier.
Nov 5, 2023 · 29 min
In it to win it
Tom Service explores the enduring, worldwide appeal of classical music competitions.
Oct 29, 2023 · 29 min
Hitting the High Notes
Tom Service explores the enduring appeal of the tenor voice.
Oct 22, 2023 · 29 min
Unripe Cherries: Brahms's Symphony No 4
Tom explores one of the most popular works of all time, Brahms's Symphony No 4 in E minor.
Oct 8, 2023 · 29 min
The Ethereal
Tom Service explores the ethereal in music.
Oct 1, 2023 · 30 min
Strange Tuning
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.
Sep 17, 2023 · 29 min
Gloria!
Tom Service immerses himself in the joyous world of Poulenc's Gloria.
Sep 10, 2023 · 29 min
What's the Point of Symphonies?
What exactly is a symphony, and are they just a thing of classical music's past?
Jul 26, 2023 · 29 min
Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams
Tom Service on one of Vaughan Williams' most spellbinding pieces of music.
Jul 9, 2023 · 29 min
What's on the programme?
Tom Service explores the art of concert programming.

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