Schedule
Early
00:00
BBC Performing Groups—28/04/2014
BBC SSO under Stefan Solyom in Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.
00:30
Through the Night—28/04/2014
With Yehudi Menuhin from the Archives of Hungarian and Dutch Radio in the 1950s and '60s.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Ian Skelly
Presented by Ian Skelly. Featuring music by Handel and listeners' Georgian Gems.
09:00
Essential Classics—Monday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon
With Sarah Walker. 15 Georgian Pleasures: Handel: Dove sei, amato bene? (Rodelinda).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Lured by the Stage
1/5With Donald Macleod. JC Bach rejects a typically Bach career as a provincial organist.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall: Toby Spence
Toby Spence (tenor) and Julian Milford (piano) perform Schubert's Schwanengesang, D957.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Episode 1
1/4BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Bartok and Barber
16:30
In Tune—Curtis Stigers, Sergio Tiempo, Bill Fontana
Sean Rafferty with live music from jazz singer Curtis Stigers and pianist Sergio Tiempo.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Lured by the Stage
1/5With Donald Macleod. JC Bach rejects a typically Bach career as a provincial organist.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—18th Century Season: Arias for Farinelli
Live from Wigmore Hall, London, Ann Hallenberg in arias written for the castrato Farinelli
22:00
Sunday Feature—Shakespeare: For and Against
Playwright Mark Ravenhill asks if Shakespeare's genius is beyond question.(R)
22:45
The Essay—Georgian Portraits, Claire Tomalin on Dora Jordan
1/5Claire Tomalin on the life of actress Dora Jordan, lover of the future King William IV.
23:00
Jazz on 3—Elliot Galvin Trio
Jez Nelson presents pianist Elliot Galvin playing with his trio in a gig in London.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—29/04/2014
Including the Artemis Quartet performing works by Mendelssohn, Ginastera and Schubert.
