Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Blue Note, Episode 2
2/2Geoffrey Smith marks 75 years of the Blue Note label with some of its later triumphs.
01:00
Through the Night—Pianist Stanislav Khristenko
With John Shea. Includes pianist Stanislav Khristenko in Brahms, Chopin and Prokofiev.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents the breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents arrangements of Bach and Haydn's String Quartet, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise).
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Anthony Green
Michael Berkeley's guest is painter Anthony Green.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Bennewitz String Quartet
Bennewitz Quartet in Schulhoff: 5 pieces for String Quartet. Schubert: String Quartet in G(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Lost Sounds
Clare Salaman explores forgotten instruments that were once part of musical life.
15:00
Choral Evensong—A Service for Advent with Carols
A service for Advent from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.
16:30
Choir and Organ—Choir of the Year 2014, Bruckner's Mass No 2
Sara Mohr-Pietsch focuses on the Youth category from the Finals of Choir of the Year 2014.
17:30
Words and Music—Travelling Fairs and Circuses
Music, poetry and prose on the subject of travelling fairs and circuses
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—A Cultural History of the Plague
Laura Ashe explores how the plague has changed our social and cultural landscape.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano, Episode 1
1/2Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov in Beethoven: Cello Sonatas: Op 5 No 1; Op 5 No 2.
22:00
Drama on 3—Dream of White Horses
Two friends release a film onto the internet exposing a military operation.
23:30
BBC Performing Groups—Von Einem, Brahms
BBC Philharmonic in performances of von Einem's Ballade and Brahms's Symphony No 2.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Romanian National Day
Music by composers and musicians from Romania, celebrating Romanian national day.
