Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Bob Brookmeyer
Geoffrey Smith surveys the witty, swinging work of trombonist and composer Bob Brookmeyer.
01:00
Through the Night—Mozart, Elgar and Schumann from the RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert from Dublin with the RTE NSO and Ryan Wigglesworth.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Jonathan Swain
Jonathan Swain explores musical fantasies and fantasias, from Gibbons to Tippett.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Athene Donald
Michael Berkeley talks to physicist Athene Donald.(R)
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Pekka Kuusisto and Nicolas Altstaedt
Pekka Kuusisto (violin) and Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) perform Bach, Widmann and Ravel.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Handel's Giulio Cesare
Lucie Skeaping looks at the history of Giulio Cesare, one of Handel’s most enduring operas
15:00
Choral Evensong—Manchester Cathedral
From Manchester Cathedral.(R)
16:00
Choir and Organ—Gabrieli's Magnificat a 33
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a selection of choral music and the latest Choral Classic.
17:00
The Listening Service—The Power of Love Songs
Tom Service explores the enduring power of love songs.
17:30
Words and Music—Nonsense
Texts and music on the theme of nonsense. Readers: Griff Rhys Jones and Debra Stephenson.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Literary Pursuits, Jane Austen's Persuasion
3/8Sarah Dillon discovers how Jane Austen's last completed novel, Persuasion, was written.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Kuss Quartet and Piotr Anderszewski
With the Kuss Quartet in Schubert and Piotr Anderszewski in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24.
21:00
Drama on 3—Time and the Conways
By JB Priestley. WWI has ended and the Conway family envisage a prosperous future.(R)
23:00
Early Music Late—Hesperion XXI
Hesperion XXI in a concert recounting the life of writer and philosopher Ramon Llull.
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Late
00:00
Night Music—Britten - String Quartet No 2
The Amadeus Quartet performs Britten's String Quartet No 2.
00:30
Through the Night—Proms 2015: Verdi's Requiem
Catriona Young presents a performance of Verdi's Requiem from the 2015 BBC Proms.
