Schedule
Early
01:00
Through the Night—Nielsen String Quartets from Denmark
Jonathan Swain presents the Danish String Quartet in a concert featuring music by Nielsen.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Record Review—Building a Library: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 8
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 8.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Tom Service with a tribute to the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
13:00
Saturday Classics—Greta Scacchi
Actress Greta Scacchi introduces a personal selection of aquatic and sea-themed music.
15:00
Sound of Cinema—Son of God
Matthew Sweet with a programme of film music inspired by the life and times of Christ.
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—19/03/2016
Alyn Shipton with listeners' requests, including the Six and Seven Eighths String Band.
17:00
Opera on 3—Live from the Met, Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore
Live from the Met in New York, Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore.
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Evening
20:00
BBC Performing Groups—BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic performs music by Mozart, Strauss and Mahler.
21:30
Between the Ears—First Find Your Tree
Feature about violin maker Andrea Ortona's work creating a copy of a Guarneri Kemp violin.
22:00
Hear and Now—Kammer Klang
New and improvised music from an event at London's Cafe OTO curated by Kammer Klang.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Betty Carter
Geoffrey Smith celebrates the music of smoky-voiced improvising singer Betty Carter.
01:00
Through the Night—Proms 2014: Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic
With the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena in Elgar's Enigma Variations from Proms 2014.
