| 00:00 | 00:30With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 2 and 5.
| 00:30The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Douglas Boyd in Beethoven's Symphonies Nos 4 and 6.
| 00:30The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven symphony cycle continues with Nos 7 and 8.
| 00:30Presented by John Shea. With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven: Symphony No 9.
| 00:30Nicola Christie presents the Warsaw Philharmonic in tone poems by Strauss and Janacek.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith selects key recordings by tenor saxophone player Sonny Rollins.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Nicola Christie presents a concert from period ensemble Concerto Copenhagen.
| 01:00John Shea presents a programme of Polish music, from Chopin to Zarebski.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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| 09:00 | 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Bruckner: Symphony No 4.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Essential Choice: Sibelius: King Christian II (Incidental Music).
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Smetana: Tabor (Ma Vlast).
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Essential Choice: Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music (Tannhauser).
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Orff: Carmina Burana.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Schubert: Symphony No 4.
| 09:00Rob Cowan explores musical families and introducess the latest Bach cantata: BWV52.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod explores Felix Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod continues a focus on Mendelssohn's last seven years with a look at 1844.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores Felix Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores the success of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.(R)
| 12:15Tom Service with a tribute to composers Hans W Henze and Elliott Carter who died recently.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is TV presenter Dan Snow.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake perform Schumann songs live from Wigmore Hall.
| 13:001/4The Nash Ensemble performs music by Mendelssohn and Brahms at LSO St Luke's in London.(R)
| 13:002/4Nash Ensemble in Strauss: Prelude (Capriccio). Brahms: String Sextet No 1 in B flat.(R)
| 13:003/4Nash Ensemble in Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K564. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34.(R)
| 13:004/4Nash Ensemble in Haydn: Piano Trio (Gypsy Rondo). Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25.(R)
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping presents live from the 2012 Greenwich Early Music Festival and Exhibition.
| 13:00Catherine Bott explores the Muiderkring, a group of 17th century Dutch cultural figures.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4Louise Fryer with music by Stravinsky, Gershwin, Bernstein, Mozart, Strauss and Handel.
| 14:002/4Louise Fryer presents music by Haydn, Faure, Schubert, Bach and Holst.
| 14:003/4Louise Fryer presents music by Purcell, Mozart and Shostakovich.
| 14:00Michel Plasson conducts a performance of Bizet's opera The Pearl Fishers.
| 14:004/4Louise Fryer with music by Schubert, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Bach and Smetana.
| 14:00Angelika Kirchschlager and Julius Drake perform Schumann songs live from Wigmore Hall.(R)
| 14:00BBC NOW in Wagner: Lohengrin (excerpt). Brahms: Violin Concerto. Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Westminster Cathedral.
| | | 15:00Giles Fraser chooses pieces by musicians who were affected by the two world wars.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include contralto Sonia Prina and pianist Francesco Piemontesi.
| 16:30Live music from jazz singer Gwyneth Herbert, plus soprano Aoife Miskelly.
| 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With guests including jazz saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings.
| 16:30With live music from the Apollo Saxophone Quartet and harpsichordist Kah-Ming Ng.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with live music from jazz great Jack DeJohnette, plus Mike Westbrook Trio.
| | 16:00From Westminster Cathedral.(R)
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Alyn Shipton previews a special edition, and presents music by Azimuth and Art Pepper.
| 17:00Aled Jones introduces highlights from the 2012 Choir of the Year Grand Final.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod explores Felix Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod continues a focus on Mendelssohn's last seven years with a look at 1844.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod explores Felix Mendelssohn's last seven years.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores the success of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah.(R)
| 18:00Opera North's new production of Gounod's Faust, with Peter Auty and James Creswell.
| 18:30Texts and music celebrating Orpheus. Readings by Mariah Gale and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
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| 19:00 | 19:301/2The Kungsbacka Trio performs Beethoven's Trio in D (Ghost) and Huw Watkins's Piano Trio.
| 19:30Sonia Prina, Riccardo Minasi and Il Pomo d'Oro perform cantatas and arias by Vivaldi.
| 19:301/2Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Sibelius and Arutyunyan.
| 19:30Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO perform Berlioz and Act 2 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.
| 19:30To open 2012's London Jazz Festival, a celebration of great songs of the past ten decades.
| | 19:45The history of Queen's University in political, cultural and intellectual life in Belfast.
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| 20:00 | 20:20Exploring Rachmaninov's Elegiac Trio No. 2, written in memory of Tchaikovsky. 20:402/2The Kungsbacka Trio performs Rachmaninov's Trio Elegiaque No 2 in D, Op 9.
| | 20:20Stephen Johnson explores Mahler's First Symphony to uncover a world of musical memories. 20:402/2Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Mahler's First Symphony.
| | | | 20:30Rex Obano's play about black politics and a new brand of reggae in 1980s London.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30Rock fan Paul has chosen Zurich for a holiday. His best friend soon discovers why.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Michael Ignatieff gives a talk on enemies in politics at the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. 22:451/10Charlotte Blease gives a talk questioning the relationship between doctors and patients.
| 22:00Anne McElvoy with a debate for Free Thinking 2012, asking 'Is social mobility overrated?'. 22:452/10Adriana Sinclair gives a talk exploring whether Britain might face a colonial future.
| 22:00From Free Thinking 2012, Tom Holland and Mona Siddiqui discuss Islam and Christianity. 22:453/10Jonathan Healey gives a talk questioning the value of lessons from history.
| 22:00Philip Dodd presents a special conversation with Lee Hall, writer of Billy Elliot. 22:454/10From Free Thinking 2012, Emma Griffin gives a talk on what makes a good mother today.
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word from the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. 22:455/10Timothy Secret gives a talk exploring how we react when looked at by animals.
| 22:15Ivan Hewett presents a tribute to Elliott Carter and music from Eliane Radigue.
| 22:00Highlights from WOMEX 2012: Mokoomba, Felix Lajko, Geomungo Factory and the Lian Band.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson presents Jim Hart's Cloudmakers Trio with guest saxophonist Antonin-Tri Hoang.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt with music from Korea, a Geese remix, Chapelier Fou and Astral Adjustments.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt presents music by John Coltrane, Jonathan Harvey and Stian Westerhus.
| 23:00Max Reinhardt with music from Rhodri Davies, the London Lucumi Choir and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
| 23:00Jez Nelson launches the 2012 London Jazz Festival live from Ronnie Scott's jazz club.
| | 23:00Kevin LeGendre presents concert music from the 2012 London Jazz Festival.
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