Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Shostakovich and Brahms from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Catriona Young presents a concert from Poland featuring Shostakovich and Brahms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Rob Cowan with Garry Richardson
Proms Artist of the Week: cellist Alban Gerhardt, in Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto, Op 125
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, A Lost Generation
5/5The musical legacy of Butterworth and other composers whose lives were cut short by WWI.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Rudolf Buchbinder at the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival, Episode 4
4/4Rudolf Buchbinder plays Beethoven piano sonatas, including Op 106 (Hammerklavier).(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Proms 2016 Repeats, Prom 22: Ravel, Auerbach, Debussy
From Proms 2016, BBC Symphony Orchestra in Debussy, Ravel, and a new work by Lera Auerbach
16:30
In Tune—Pavel Kolesnikov, Choro Matiz
Sean Rafferty presents, with live performances from Pavel Kolesnikov and Choro Matiz.
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Evening
18:00
Composer of the Week—George Butterworth and His Contemporaries, A Lost Generation
5/5The musical legacy of Butterworth and other composers whose lives were cut short by WWI.(R)
19:00
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 27: Helen Grime, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC SSO in music by Helen Grime, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
21:30
Sunday Feature—A Most Ingenious Paradox: Loving G&S to Death?
Martin Handley explores current attitudes to the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.(R)
22:15
BBC Proms—2016, Prom 28: National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland
A special jazz Prom, with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland.
23:30
World on 3—Lopa Kothari - Womad 2016 Highlights
Highlights from Womad 2016, including Otava Yo, Moh! Kouyate, Volosi and Kel Assouf.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Choral music by Reger and Bach's Cello Suite No 6
John Shea presents a concert given at the 2015 Rheinvokal festival in Germany.
