| 00:00 | 00:30John Shea presents Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time from the 2012 Proms.
| 00:30Including the Swedish Radio Chorus in songs by Mahler, Wagner, Korngold and Schumann.
| 00:30John Shea presents the Modigliani Quartet in a concert of Debussy, Arriaga and Brahms.
| 00:30John Shea presents music by Vasks and Mozart performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
| 00:30John Shea presents a piano recital of Bach, Chopin and Ravel by Yulianna Avdeeva.
| | 00:10A personal journey, taking in great musicians and great music.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00John Shea presents a recital of Beethoven and Liszt given by pianist Mastaka Goto.
| 01:00John Shea presents the Odhecaton Ensemble performing Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass.
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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 | | | | | | 07:00Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
| 07:00Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
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| 09:00 | 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Shostakovich: Symphony No 7.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Adams: The Chairman Dances.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite.
| 09:00Rob Cowan presents a selection of music, including a Bach cantata: BWV54.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod introduces works from Gounod's early years.
| 12:002/5Donald introduces highlights from Gounod's much-loved opera Faust.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explains how the landscape of Provence inspired Gounod's opera Mireille.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod presents songs Gounod wrote during his time in exile in London.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores Gounod's final years.
| 12:15Tom Service taks to violinist Christian Tetzlaff and celebrates the Tallis Scholars at 40.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is scientist and author Jared Diamond.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Markus Werba (baritone) and Gary Matthewman (piano) in Schubert, Wolf and Schumann.
| 13:001/4Music from the 2012 Oxford Chamber Music Festival, by Tabakova, Faure and Beethoven.
| 13:002/4Music on the themes of fantasy and fairytale, by Tabakova, Szymanowski and Ravel.
| 13:003/4Music from the Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2012, by Janacek and Mussorgsky.
| 13:004/4Music from the 2012 Oxford Chamber Music Festival, by Schumann and Franck.
| 13:00Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of 16th-century German composer Michael Praetorius.(R)
| 13:00Catherine Bott launches Baroque Spring with a live performance from the English Concert.
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4With Penny Gore. BBC Philharmonic in music by Bridge, Britten, Ravel, Faure and Beethoven.
| 14:002/4BBC Philharmonic in music by Mendelssohn, Britten, Haydn, Ravel, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
| 14:003/4The BBC Philharmonic performs music by Part, Britten and Beethoven.
| 14:00Penny Gore presents a performance of Britten's opera Owen Wingrave.
| 14:00The BBC Philharmonic in music by Britten, Beethoven, Rossini, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
| 14:00Markus Werba (baritone) and Gary Matthewman (piano) in Schubert, Wolf and Schumann.(R)
| 14:001/2The BBC Singers and St James's Baroque perform music by Purcell, Blow and Locke. 14:45Katie Derham explores the history of The Vyne, a 16th-century country house in Hampshire.
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| | | 15:00Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie introduces some of his varied musical enthusiasms.
| 15:052/2The BBC Singers and St James's Baroque in music by Pelham Humfrey, Purcell and John Blow.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty with live music from pianist Christian Blackshaw.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with live music from the Academy of Ancient Music and director Richard Egarr
| 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include cellist Thomas Demenga and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty with live music from the Kungsbacka Trio and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
| 16:30Presented by Sean Rafferty. With live music from members of the Berlin Philharmonic.
| | 16:00From Durham Cathedral.(R)
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Live from New York's Metopolitan Opera, a performance of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal.
| 17:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a live edition for Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.
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| 18:00 | 18:001/5Donald Macleod introduces works from Gounod's early years.
| 18:302/5Donald introduces highlights from Gounod's much-loved opera Faust.
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod explains how the landscape of Provence inspired Gounod's opera Mireille.
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod presents songs Gounod wrote during his time in exile in London.
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores Gounod's final years.
| | 18:30A sequence of poetry, prose and music about and by Baroque composers.
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| 19:00 | 19:001/2Andras Schiff directs the OAE. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9. Haydn: Symphony No 98.
| 19:30Michal Dworzynski conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Weber, Beethoven and Brahms.
| 19:301/2Rodolfo Richter (violin) leads the Academy of Ancient Music in Veracini and Vivaldi.
| 19:30The BBC SSO under Matthias Pintscher in music by Weber, Lutoslawski, Strauss and Beethoven
| 19:30Owain Arwel Hughes conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Verdi's Requiem.
| | 19:45Professor Tim Blanning explores the shifting ideas that nurtured and shaped the Baroque.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Sue and Tom wrap up the issues that have provoked the most discussion amongst listeners. 20:202/2Andras Schiff directs the OAE from the piano in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24, K491.
| | 20:10Vocal coach and voice expert Mary King charts the rise and fall of the castrati. 20:302/2Academy of Ancient Music in Vivaldi, Albinoni and Ferrandini.
| | | | 20:30Comedy about a real tennis match between the Earl of Oxford and Philip Sidney.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00David Blunkett on compassion, a new Barocci exhibition, and Rory Carroll on Hugo Chavez. 22:451/5Author Margaret Drabble explores how insomnia has become something of an old friend.(R)
| 22:00With the Paul Foot award, philosopher John Gray and James Lasdun on literary stalking. 22:452/5Literary critic and author John Sutherland explores the history of insomnia in literature.(R)
| 22:00Finnegans Wake in Chinese, Sara Wheeler, Muslim Comedy and Apocalypses. 22:453/5Author AL Kennedy explores why she has always found the nights too thrilling to sleep.(R)
| 22:00Anne McElvoy presents the arts and ideas programme. 22:454/5Poet Michael Symmons Roberts examines why he has been so fascinated by insomnia.(R)
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, celebrating the writing of mid-life. 22:455/5Actor Juliet Stevenson on why a creative life often means a life in want of sleep.(R)
| 22:50The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs music by the Camberwell Composers' Collective
| 22:00Lucy Duran explores Latin American Baroque in Paraguay, focusing on music for the harp.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Concert in which pianist Hans Koller and his big band perform music inspired by Gil Evans.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a varied late-night selection of music.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a varied selection of music.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a session from dobro player Jerry Douglas and Stian Carstensen.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari presents world music and a set from Malian Touareg band Tamikrest.
| | 23:00Claire Martin presents concert music from the Iain Dixon/Mike Walker 5.
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