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Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical MusicEpisodes

  1. Saturday13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1026: As simple as do-re-mi

    The year is 1026. Monk Guido d'Arezzo causes a musical revolution with a new invention.

  2. Sat 11 Apr 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1150: Songs of the Troubadours

    In the 1150s, the King of the Troubadours meets Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.

  3. Sat 18 Apr 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1182: Raising Notre-Dame

    The year is 1182. Notre-Dame de Paris is consecrated, and new musical ideas are born.

  4. Sat 25 Apr 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1415: War, Pestilence and Sweet Sounds

    The year is 1415. The Battle of Agincourt heralds a profound change in the sound of music.