Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Concerto Romano at the 2015 Rheinvokal festival in Germany
Catriona Young presents a performance of Pompeo Cannicciari's Messa concertata.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Garry Richardson
With Proms Artist of the Week: Alban Gerhardt, featured in Reger's Cello Suite No 3.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, AE Housman
3/5How the poetry of AE Housman invoked vocal and instrumental responses from Butterworth.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Rudolf Buchbinder at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, Episode 2
2/4Rudolf Buchbinder performs Beethoven piano sonatas including his Op 13 (Pathetique).(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 21: Rihm, Strauss, Mozart
A Prom featuring the Aurora Orchestra in music by Wolfgang Rihm, Strauss and Mozart.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Chichester Cathedral (Southern Cathedrals Festival)
Recorded in Chichester Cathedral during the Southern Cathedrals Festival.
16:30
In Tune—Alban Gerhardt, Thomas Dausgaard, Joseph Tawadros, Waste Paper Opera
Sean Rafferty's guests include Alban Gerhardt, Thomas Dausgaard and Joseph Tawadros.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, AE Housman
3/5How the poetry of AE Housman invoked vocal and instrumental responses from Butterworth.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 25: Dvorak's Cello Concerto and Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Charles Dutoit conducts the Royal Philharmonic in music by Dvorak and Bartok.
22:00
Sunday Feature—Beautiful Death
Stephen Johnson connects Mahler's beliefs about death to Viennese funeral customs.
22:45
The Essay—The Five Photographs that (You Didn't Know) Changed Everything, The Broom Cottages
4/5Elizabeth Edwards on W Jerome Harrison's photo of the Broom cottages in Warwickshire.(R)
23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt with music from Womad 2016
Max Reinhardt presents highlights from the 2016 Womad festival.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Schubert's Winterreise at the Vilabertran Schubertiada festival
John Shea presents a concert from the 2015 Vilabertran Schubertiada festival in Catalonia.
