| 00:00 | 00:30John Shea introduces a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 from the 2010 Proms.
| 00:30John Shea presents music for flute, harp and viola by Debussy, Bax and Takemitsu.
| 00:30Catriona Young introduces two concerts of Handel's music, given by Le Concert Spirituel.
| 00:30Catriona Young introduces the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in concert.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents the BBC SO playing Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky at the 2012 Proms.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith explores the distinctive art of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Part of Radio 3's Baroque Spring. Vivaldi's Gloria and Four Coronation Anthems by Handel.
| 01:00For Radio 3's Baroque Spring, Jonathan Swain presents Handel's Rinaldo from Proms 2011.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
| 06:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating Baroque Spring.
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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 CD Review's Building a Library: Stravinsky: The Firebird.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Essential Choice: Dvorak: String Quartet No 12.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Vivaldi: Gloria in D.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mozart: Piano Concerto in F, K459.
| 09:00For Radio 3's Baroque Spring season, Rob Cowan introduces music by Bach and Purcell.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod on Handel's Italian patrons - princes, marquises, cardinals, duchesses.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod focuses on the repertoire of cantatas for Handel's chief Italian benefactor
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod on the impact Italian music and musical virtuosity had on the young Handel.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores Handel's first operatic smash hit, Agrippina.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores after-echoes of Handel's Italian years in his English works.
| 12:15Tom Service talks to the new Chairman of Arts Council England, Peter Bazalgette.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is American crime writer Donna Leon.(R)
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| 13:00 | 13:00Live from Wigmore Hall in London, pianist Igor Levit plays works by Schubert and Liszt.
| 13:00The Choir of New College Oxford in Moulinie, Rameau, Clerambault, Couperin and Charpentier
| 13:00Carole Cerasi (harpsichord) in music by D'Anglebert, Couperin, Rameau and Forqueray.
| 13:00The Academy of Ancient Music performs chamber music by Handel at St Lawrence Whitchurch.
| 13:001/4Songs by Alban Berg and chamber music by Mozart, Ireland and Schumann performed in Belfast
| 13:001/2Exploring the relationship between Jean-Baptiste Lully and his King - Louis XIV.
| 13:002/2Lucie Skeaping explores the relationship between Rameau and his main patron.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Katie Derham presents Baroque music, by Charpentier, Bach, Telemann and Marais.
| 14:00Miniatures by Couperin juxtaposed with Ravel's homage to the composer.
| 14:00Katie Derham introduces Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio The Martyrdom of St Theodosia.
| 14:00Katie Derham presents a performance of Handel's oratorio Jephtha.
| 14:00Katie Derham presents Baroque masterworks, by Lully, Rameau, Telemann and Bach.
| 14:00For Baroque Spring, conductor John Eliot Gardiner introduces music linked to his career.
| 14:001/2Le Jardin Secret plays Campra, Couperin, Charpentier, Marais, Innocenzo Fede and Corelli. 14:40Katie Derham tours Powis Castle for a closer look at its many Baroque splendours.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30Live from the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, as part of Baroque Spring.
| | | | 15:002/2Le Jardin Secret in music including Hotteterre, Charpentier, Couperin, Corbetta, Carissimi
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| 16:00 | 16:30Guests include Marin Alsop, Mitsuko Uchida, Signum Quartet and Guy Johnston.
| 16:30Suzy Klein with music from the Tallis Scholars and a masterclass from Mahan Esfahani.
| 16:30Suzy Klein presents live music from the Schubert Ensemble and the Bach Players.
| 16:45Including Nigel Kennedy and Sarah Connolly. Plus a Baroque masterclass with Alison Balsom.
| 16:30Includes Betty Buckley and ARC Ensemble. Plus a Baroque Masterclass with Danielle de Niese
| 16:00Live from New York's Metropolitan Opera, Don Carlo, with Ramon Vargas, Barbara Frittoli.
| 16:00Live from the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, as part of Baroque Spring.(R)
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| 17:00 | | | | | | | 17:00Mary King explores the links between folk and choral music.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod on Handel's Italian patrons - princes, marquises, cardinals, duchesses.
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod focuses on the repertoire of cantatas for Handel's chief Italian benefactor
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod on the impact Italian music and musical virtuosity had on the young Handel.
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod explores Handel's first operatic smash hit, Agrippina.
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores after-echoes of Handel's Italian years in his English works.
| | 18:30Poetry, prose and music focusing on Africa. Readers: Nikki Amuka-Bird and Richie Campbell.
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| 19:00 | 19:301/2John Wilson conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in music by Walton and Finzi.
| 19:301/2London Sinfonietta in music by Steve Reich: Clapping Music; Electric Counterpoint; 2x5.
| 19:301/2The Academy of Ancient under Richard Egarr in Bach's Orchestral Suites Nos 4 and 2.
| 19:30Jac van Steen conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Schumann and Elgar.
| 19:301/2The Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Robin Ticciati in music by Bach and Schubert.
| | 19:45Jon Gower explores poet RS Thomas's life and work through the prism of birdwatching.
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| 20:00 | 20:20Stephen Johnson explores Holst's The Perfect Fool. 20:402/2BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under John Wilson in music by Holst and Bax.
| 20:10A portrait in sound of Washington DC created by people who live there. 20:302/2London Sinfonietta in music by Steve Reich: Radio Rewrite (world premiere); Double Sextet.
| 20:101/3Sara Mohr-Pietsch and guests answer listeners' questions about Baroque music. 20:302/2Academy of Ancient Music in Bach's Orchestral Suites Nos 1 and 3.
| | 20:10Stephen Johnson explores Schubert's Symphony No. 5. 20:302/2Robin Ticciati conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in music by Mahler and Schubert.
| 20:30Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
| 20:30Live from Powis Castle, Molière's classic French comedy adapted by poet Roger McGough.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30Play about a young unemployed man who wants to make his family proud of him.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Philip Dodd and sex in the Arab world, a new Age of enlightenment, the Louvre as history. 22:451/5Andrew Martin explains 'phonophobia' and the strange measures he takes to banish it.(R)
| 22:00With Matthew Sweet. Including the play The Audience and the film Side Effects. 22:452/5Andrew Martin laments 'piped music' and what he considers to be its worsening quality.(R)
| 22:00Rana Mitter presents. With Danny Boyle, Ruth Ozeki and a discussion on David Livingstone. 22:453/5Andrew Martin on his boyhood love of train travel and noises on public transport today.(R)
| 22:00Michael Axworthy talks to Anne McElvoy about his new book Revolutionary Iran. 22:454/5Andrew Martin looks to the skies, to those rumblings that always discombobulate him.(R)
| 22:00Ian McMillan explores the idea of 'Baroque writing', with guests including AL Kennedy. 22:455/5Andrew Martin describes how in order to escape noise, he goes on a retreat in Essex.(R)
| 22:30Tom Service with Nordic music from a Total Immersion event at the Barbican in London.
| 22:10Lucy Duran meets one of the world's greatest classical guitarists, Berta Rojas.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Argentinian pianist and composer Guillermo Klein performs his music at the Wigmore Hall.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a varied selection of music.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a varied selection of music.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington presents a varied late-night selection of music.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari presents new world music and a session with Family Atlantica.
| | 23:10Julian Joseph presents a special programme for Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.
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