Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Duke Ellington
Suites composed by Duke Ellington based on his impressions of places and themes.
01:00
Through the Night—Mendelssohn and Bruckner from the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Catriona Young introduces a concert given by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
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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—Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain explores chant, with music including Kastalsky, Honegger and Arvo Part.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Jung Chang
Michael Berkeley's guest is writer Jung Chang.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth directs I Fagiolini in music by Byrd, Tomkins and William Brooks.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—The Mannheim School
Lucie Skeaping features composers active at the court of Mannheim in the late 18th century
15:00
Choral Evensong—Hereford Cathedral
From Hereford Cathedral.(R)
16:00
Choir and Organ—Dvorak's Te Deum, Simon Callow
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Sara's Choral Classic: Dvorak's Te Deum.
17:30
Words and Music—Serpentine
Texts and music on the theme of snakes. Readers: Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ewan Bailey.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Menuhin at 100
The story of the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin, using BBC archive material.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—European Festivals - Dvorak, Telemann, Weber, Falconiero
Music from European festivals, by Dvorak, Telemann, Weber and Falconiero.
21:00
Drama on 3—Song of Myself
Reading of Whitman's poem Song of Myself, with excerpts from Orson Welles's 1953 version.
22:40
Early Music Late—Les Talens Lyriques
French baroque music played by Les Talens Lyriques directed by Christophe Rousset.
23:40
Night Music—Pathetique
BBC Philharmonic under Vassily Sinaisky in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, Op 74 (Pathetique)
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Monteverdi's Vespers
Catriona Young presents a performance of Monteverdi's Vespers given in Warsaw.
