Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Veronique Gens and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Music by Canteloube and Ravel with Veronique Gens and the Danish NSO. With John Shea.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan, plus Sarah Walker with Rick Wakeman
Artist of the Week: Evelyn Glennie, featured in Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals.
11:00
Edinburgh International Festival—2015 Queen's Hall Series, Valentina Nafornita, Roger Vignoles
3/15Soprano Valentina Nafornita and pianist Roger Vignoles perform Romantic songs.
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Afternoon
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—RNCM and Leamington International Quartet Series, Episode 2
2/4With the Villiers String Quartet playing Delius and the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio in Arensky
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2015 Repeats, Proms Saturday Matinee 2: B'Rock
B'Rock, mezzo Mary-Ellen Nesi and Dmitry Sinkovsky perform Vivaldi, Caldara and Geminiani.(R)
15:30
Choral Evensong—Eton Choral Course at Cheltenham College Chapel
From Cheltenham College Chapel with the fourth Eton Choral Course of 2015.
16:30
In Tune—Christian Thielemann, Edgaras Montvidas, Colin Currie
Sean Rafferty with tenor Edgaras Montvidas and conductor Christian Thielemann.
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Evening
18:30
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 36, Prom 36 (part 1): Pierre Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky
1/2BBC Symphony Orchestra under Francois-Xavier Roth in Boulez's Figures - Doubles - Prismes.
18:55
BBC Proms—2015, Proms Extra, Pierre Boulez
Julian Anderson surveys the life and career of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.
19:15
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 36, Prom 36 (part 2): Pierre Boulez, Ravel and Stravinsky
2/2Francois-Xavier Roth conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Ravel and Stravinsky.
21:00
New Generation Artists—Louis Schwizgebel
Pianist Louis Schwizgebel performs Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin.
21:30
Sunday Feature—The Fundamentalist Queen
Samira Ahmed delves into the mysterious life of Oliver Cromwell's wife, Elizabeth.(R)
22:15
BBC Proms—2015, Prom 37: Late Night With - BBC Radio 1Xtra
A Prom celebrating urban music, with rappers Wretch 32, Stormzy, and Krept and Konan.
23:30
Late Junction—Wednesday - Edinburgh Festival
From the BBC radio studio at Potterrow, Verity Sharp features Edinburgh festival artists.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Casals Quartet in Mozart, Ligeti and Brahms
With Jonathan Swain. Including the Casals Quartet performing Mozart, Ligeti and Brahms.
