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Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music Episodes

  1. Saturday 13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1772: The Symphony Laboratory

    1772. The remote court of Esterháza. Haydn expands the possibilities of the symphony.

  2. Sat 1 Aug 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1786: The Figaro Revolution

    1786, Vienna. Two servants take on their master in Mozart’s greatest opera.

  3. Sat 8 Aug 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 3

    1794: Les enfants de la patrie

    1794, Paris. A pianist faces the Revolution's most feared tribunal.