Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Mary Lou Williams
Geoffrey surveys the long, brilliant career of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams.(R)
01:00
The Well-Tuned Piano
A recording of The Well-Tuned Piano by La Monte Young, a piano solo lasting for five hours
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Sunday Morning—03/01/2016
Rob Cowan starts a short season of ballet suites with R Strauss's Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Gerald Barry
For New Year New Music, Michael Berkeley's guests is composer Gerald Barry.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall: Danish String Quartet
The Danish String Quartet play Haydn and Shostakovich at Wigmore Hall, London in 2015.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Echoes of the Past in the Present
Stevie Wishart presents a special New Year New Music programme.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Rodolfus Choir at St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico
From St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico, London with the Rodolfus Choir.(R)
16:00
Choir and Organ—Contemporary Choral Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores contemporary choral music.
17:30
Words and Music—Good Intentions
John Sessions and Indira Varma set out on linguistic roads paved with good intentions.(R)
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Memoirs of the Spacewomen
Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—New Year New Music: Helmut Lachenmann
Music from a festival held in honour of German composer Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart.
21:00
Drama on 3—Death and the King's Horseman
Wole Soyinka's dramatic portrayal of colonial Nigeria in the 1940s.(R)
22:30
Early Music Late—Il Giardino Armonico
Works by Biber, Locke, Vivaldi and Bach from Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini.
23:30
Composers' Rooms—Chris Watson, Jennifer Walshe, Matthew Herbert
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits composers Chris Watson, Jennifer Walshe and Matthew Herbert.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—New Year New Music: Choral Music by Schnittke and Penderecki
John Shea introduces a performance of Schnittke's Faust Cantata from Poland.
