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

  1. Tomorrow13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1527: The Church on Fire

    It's the year 1527. As imperial troops storm Rome, its musical life is thrown into crisis.

  2. Next Saturday13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1564: The Queen’s Gambit

    It's the year 1564. A Scottish envoy has an unexpected musical encounter with Elizabeth I.

  3. Sat 6 Jun 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1600: Opera’s First Breath

    1600, Florence. At a Medici wedding, a new artform is born.

  4. Sat 13 Jun 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1653: The Dancing King

    1653, Paris. A teenage Louis XIV dances as the Sun, and ballet is transformed.