Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—BBC Proms 2015: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Catriona Young presents the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Mendelssohn and Stravinsky.
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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 - Sarah Walker with Gyles Brandreth
Including Artist of the Week: pianist Alfred Brendel in Haydn's Piano Sonata in C minor.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), A Farewell to the Keyboard
3/5Haydn's final keyboard sonata and his much-loved Trumpet Concerto.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music 2016, Episode 2
2/4Janina Fialkowska, Robin Tritschler and Dante Quartet in Chopin, Hageman and Mendelssohn.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Episode 3
3/4Katie Derham presents the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in C Rouse, Mozart and Nielsen
15:30
Choral Evensong—Magdalen College, Oxford
An archive service from the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford
16:30
In Tune—Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jose Serebrier, Roderick Williams
Guests include Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jose Serebrier and Roderick Williams.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), A Farewell to the Keyboard
3/5Haydn's final keyboard sonata and his much-loved Trumpet Concerto.(R)
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Chausson, Falla, Debussy and Stravinsky
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra play music by Chausson, Falla, Debussy and Stravinsky.
22:00
Free Thinking—Anger
Philip Dodd considers rage in the politics of the US and India.
22:45
The Essay—Music in Its Time, Music in Its Time - Shostakovich: Symphony No 5
8/10Stephen Johnson considers how Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony surprised its audience.
23:00
Late Junction—Wednesday - Nick Luscombe
Nick Luscombe's selection includes CFCF and Moondog revisited by Cabaret Contemporain.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Alexander String Quartet at the 2015 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
Catriona Young presents the first of two concerts by the Alexander String Quartet.
