Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Helmuth Rilling conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Swain introduces a programme of Bach from the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents, with a new piece by Composer in 3 Matthew Kaner.
09:00
Essential Classics—Monday - Sarah Walker with Oliver Jeffers
Artist of the Week: viola player Tabea Zimmermann, featured performing Reger's Suite in D.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Schubert - Swansong, The Beginning of the End
1/5Donald Macleod discusses Schubert's last New Year's Eve party and final song collection.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Martin Helmchen
From Wigmore Hall: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker plays cello works by Bach and Brahms.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Philharmonic, Episode 1
1/4The BBC Philharmonic performs music by Bantock, Britten, Ginastera, Shostakovich and Ravel
16:30
In Tune—Mark Stone, Fretwork, Rambert's Mark Baldwin and Paul Hoskins
Suzy Klein's guests include baritone Mark Stone and early music group Fretwork.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Schubert - Swansong, The Beginning of the End
1/5Donald Macleod discusses Schubert's last New Year's Eve party and final song collection.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Igor Levit - Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit plays Beethoven at Wigmore Hall, London: Piano Sonatas Nos 5, 19, 20, 22 and 23
21:55
Three Score and Ten—James Fenton
28/50An archive broadcast from 1983 in which James Fenton reads his poem Prison Island.
22:00
Music Matters—Vienna: City of Music
Tom Service presents an edition from Vienna with music historian David Wyn Jones.(R)
22:45
The Essay—Letters to Writers, Dear Geoffrey Chaucer...
1/5Novelist Ian Sansom fires off a letter to Geoffrey Chaucer...
23:00
Jazz Now—Laura Jurd and Dinosaur
Soweto Kinch introduces a set performed by trumpeter Laura Jurd and her band Dinosaur.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Die Singphoniker at the 2015 Rheinvokal Festival in Germany
Jonathan Swain presents a concert by the vocal ensemble Die Singphoniker.
