Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—13/03/2013
Jonathan Swain presents Handel's dramatic cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Telemann: Overture in B flat, TWV 55 B1.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas
3/5Donald Macleod examines Purcell's revolutionary first opera Dido and Aeneas.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Music Festivals in Belfast, Episode 3
3/4Songs by Grieg and Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor, Op 50, performed at festivals in Belfast
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Tippett Plus, Episode 3
3/3The BBC Singers perform Scarlatti and MacMillan live in London. Plus music by Tippett.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Chichester Cathedral
From Chichester Cathedral as part of Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.
16:30
In Tune—Belcea Quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Steinitz Bach Players
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Live music and guests, plus Beastly Baroque for Comic Relief.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Dido and Aeneas
3/5Donald Macleod examines Purcell's revolutionary first opera Dido and Aeneas.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, MacMillan, Britten
1/2HK Gruber conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by MacMillan and Britten.
20:10
Twenty Minutes—The Laius Complex
Paul Allen argues that the downfall of Oedipus was the fault of his father, Laius.
20:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Stravinsky
2/2HK Gruber conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.
22:00
Night Waves—George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, Psychology As Science, Ken Loach
George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, psychology as a science, and Ken Loach's Spirit of '45.
22:45
The Essay—Explaining the Explicit, Sarah Churchwell
3/5Sarah Churchwell examines the tradition of depicting sex in popular fiction.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp with Greek piano music, a motet from Schutz and tarantellas from Italy.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—14/03/2013
Jonathan Swain presents the Philharmonia Orchestra playing Prokofiev, Bartok and Neuwirth.
