Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—West Coast Jazz
Geoffrey Smith explores the stars and styles of West Coast jazz in the 1950s.
01:00
Through the Night—Brahms Symphony Cycle: Symphony No 2
Including the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana conducted by Markus Poschner.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Sunday Morning—James Jolly
James Jolly explores how composers such as Vivaldi have depicted the seasons.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—George Shaw
Artist George Shaw shares his musical passions with Michael Berkeley.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Mark Padmore and Morgan Szymanski
From Wigmore Hall, London. Mark Padmore performs songs by Dowland, Roth and McNeff.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Hannah French talks to members of Canadian ensemble Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
15:00
Choral Evensong—Danilov Monastery, Moscow - Archive
A service for the Orthodox Feast of the Holy Cross from the Danilov Monastery, Moscow.(R)
16:00
Choir and Organ—Daniel Pailthorpe, Haydn's Insanae et Vanae Curae
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces choral music by Haydn, Bach and Hoagy Carmichael.
17:00
The Listening Service—Why is music addicted to bass?
Tom Service explores the intrinsic importance to humans of bass in music.
17:30
Words and Music—The Sun
Anne-Marie Duff and Greg Wise read poetry and prose on the theme of the sun.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Vladimir Ashkenazy on Ansel Adams: The Print and the Performance
Vladimir Ashkenazy reveals how classical music influenced the photography of Ansel Adams.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Mozart, Debussy and Prokofiev
Ian Skelly with festival performances by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Camerata Salzburg.
21:00
Drama on 3—Lorca's Rural Trilogy, The House of Bernarda Alba
1/3Lorca's final play. A tyrannical matriarch imposes eight years' mourning on her daughters.(R)
22:30
Early Music Late—Bach's Goldberg Variations
Pianist Christian Ihle Hadland performs Bach's Goldberg Variations.
23:30
Night Music—Boulez and Ravel
Two French tributes to a lost Vienna: Ravel's La valse and Boulez's Le marteau sans maitre
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Music by Schutz, Frank Martin and Stravinsky
Jonathan Swain with choral music by Schutz and Stravinsky from the 2016 Lucerne Festival.
