Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo
Performances from the BBC SO of Sibelius and Elgar, with violinist Lisa Batiashvili.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Richard Stilgoe
With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Schmitt: The Tragedy of Salome.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), The Gentleman Farmer
3/5Verdi's agreeing to supply a new work for the Paris Opera, based on Schiller's Don Carlos.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival 2015, Episode 2
2/4With Kungsbacka Piano Trio playing Kevin O'Connell and Royal String Quartet in Schubert.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—The BBC Philharmonic Performs Nielsen, Nielsen: Symphony No 4
3/4With Katie Derham. The BBC Philharmonic plays Nielsen's Symphony No 4 and music by Elgar.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St David's Cathedral
An archive recording from St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
16:30
In Tune—Wednesday - Suzy Klein
With live music from Amy Dickson, plus Peter Sellars, Markus Werba and Duncan Chisholm.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), The Gentleman Farmer
3/5Verdi's agreeing to supply a new work for the Paris Opera, based on Schiller's Don Carlos.
19:30
Radio 3 Live in Concert—London Philharmonic Orchestra - Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn
The London Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven, Schumann and Mendelssohn.
22:00
Free Thinking—Social Identity and Belonging in Europe, Valuing the Arts
Philip Dodd discusses the value of the arts and the notion of social identity in Europe.
22:45
The Essay—Fear Itself, Quentin Skinner
3/5How Thomas Hobbes came to argue that fear underpinned all human motivation and action.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Mara Carlyle
Mara Carlyle presents spoken word music, including the debut release of Snowpoet.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—British Symphonies: Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 3
John Shea presents music by Butterworth and Vaughan Williams performed at the 2014 Proms.
