| 00:00 | 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a concert of music by Eric Whitacre, Copland and Gershwin.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a choral concert of works by Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Ligeti.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a performance from Poland of Cavalieri's Lamentations.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain with David Zinman's final concert as music director of the Zurich Tonhalle.
| 00:30For Good Friday, a performance of Boris Papandopulo's Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
| | 00:00Highlights from the duo of revered vocalist Billie Holiday and saxophonist Lester Young.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Music by Pierre Boulez, and archive recordings of him as a conductor. With Jonathan Swain.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | | 02:00For Easter Sunday, John Shea presents a performance of Stevan Hristic's The Resurrection.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
| 06:30Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
| 06:30Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
| 06:30Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
| 06:30Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, with listener requests.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 07:00Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, featured conducting Glazunov's Symphony No 5.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky. With Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, featured conducting Nielsen's Aladdin.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, featured conducting Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1
| 09:00Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, featured conducting Prokofiev's Symphony No 7.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben.
| 09:00James Jolly plays music for Easter Sunday, from medieval songs to Rachmaninov.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod begins an exploration of the life and work of Enrique Granados.
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on how Granados met his wife-to-be, and how he found his musical voice.
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod focuses on Granados's friendships and the renaissance of his home city.
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod on how Granados's home city of Barcelona had a powerful influence on him.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod discusses Granados's final years and his unfortunate death at sea.
| 12:15Including a visit to Streetwise Opera, a book about Bach and composer Errollyn Wallen.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is Melanie Reid, who writes about her life as a tetraplegic.
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| 13:00 | 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London. Violinist Esther Yoo and pianist Zhang Zuo in March 2016.
| 13:001/4Hummel, Wieniawski and Debussy from the 2015 Great Mountains Music Festival in South Korea
| 13:002/4Music by Debussy and Messiaen from the 2015 Great Mountains Music Festival in South Korea.
| 13:003/4Poulenc, Chausson and Escaich from 2015's Great Mountains Music Festival in South Korea.
| 13:004/4Debussy and Boccherini performed at the 2015 Great Mountains Music Festival in South Korea
| 13:00Novelist Julian Barnes presents music by Mozart, Mahler, Prokofiev, Bach and Shostakovich.
| 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London. Violinist Esther Yoo and pianist Zhang Zuo in March 2016.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4The BBC SSO in music by Glinka, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Weber, Hindemith and Schubert.
| 14:002/4Live from Salford, the BBC Philharmonic plays music by Peter Maxwell Davies and Ginastera.
| 14:003/4Verity Sharp presents the BBC SSO performing music by Debussy, Mozart and Beethoven.
| 14:00Verity Sharp presents a recording of Bach's St John Passion from Philippe Herreweghe.
| 14:004/4The BBC SSO performs music by Ginastera, Bruch, Dvorak, Khachaturian and Bartok.
| | 14:00Christophe Coin and Richard Boothby perform English and French viol music in York.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Chelmsford Cathedral.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet presents film music inspired by cinematic portrayals of Batman and Superman.
| 15:00Easter Day Festal Evensong live from Worcester Cathedral.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Live music from recorder player Piers Adams, the Academy of Ancient Music and Craig Ogden.
| 16:30Sarah Walker presents live music from cellist Tomas Jamnik and pianist Dinara Klinton.
| 16:30Suzy Klein's guests include violinist Antje Weithaas and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty interviews choreographer Richard Alston. Plus live music from Tom Poster.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from pianist Ivan Ilic and soprano Ailish Tynan.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton's selection includes part of a track from Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew.
| 16:00Adele Anderson from Fascinating Aida talks to Sara about her favourite choral music.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00A special edition focusing on the BBC Young Musician 2016 Jazz Award.
| 17:30A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of rooms.(R)
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod begins an exploration of the life and work of Enrique Granados.(R)
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod on how Granados met his wife-to-be, and how he found his musical voice.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod focuses on Granados's friendships and the renaissance of his home city.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod on how Granados's home city of Barcelona had a powerful influence on him.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod discusses Granados's final years and his unfortunate death at sea.(R)
| 18:30From the Coliseum in London, an ENO production of Philip Glass's opera Akhnaten.
| 18:45Marie-Louise Muir on the Irish women of theatre who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising.
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| 19:00 | 19:30The BBC SO and Singers under Oliver Knussen in Schuller, Debussy, Benjamin and Stravinsky.
| 19:30Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Peter Oundjian in MacMillan, Szymanowski, Berlioz.
| 19:30Thomas Sondergard conducts the BBC NOW in music by Schubert, Huw Watkins and Mozart.
| 19:30Pavlo Beznosiuk directs the Academy of Ancient Music in Bach cantatas.
| 19:30Live from King's College, Cambridge, BBC Singers and CO conducted by Stephen Cleobury.
| | 19:30Maurizio Pollini in Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1. Plus Leonidas Kavakos in music by Brahms
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:30An exiled Syrian radio station in Istanbul provides a lifeline for its listeners in Syria.
| 21:00Nick Dear's play, which was written for the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tom Service with a tribute to the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.(R) 22:451/5How eternity should be reclaimed from those who have tried to place it out of our reach.
| 22:00Phil Davis, Clio Barnard and Molly Clarke on the TV career of director Alan Clarke. 22:452/5Muslim theologian Mona Siddiqui speaks on the prospect of immortality.
| 22:00Rana Mitter considers the myth of the Green Man and our relationship with the land. 22:453/5Anders Sandberg argues that ageing and mortality may be transformed by future technology.
| 22:00Shahidha Bari explores the history of suits with Anne McElvoy. Plus dramatist Neil LaBute. 22:454/5Novelist and game creator Naomi Alderman spekas on mathematical theories about infinity.
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word. 22:455/5Lucy Winkett argues efforts to give eternity a shape and momentum are temporary and futile
| 22:00Ivan Hewett presents a tribute to the late composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.
| 22:35Pieter Wispelwey performs Bach's Cello Suites Nos 5 and 6, BWV1011 and BWV1012.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jez Nelson and guest critics select their favourite new jazz releases.
| 23:00Nick Luscombe with music by Magnetic North and Federico Albanese.
| 23:00Nick Luscombe's selection includes music from Nico Muhly, Aziza Brahim and Empirical.
| 23:00Nick Luscombe's selection includes music from Bjork and Blind Willie Johnson.
| 23:00Mary Ann Kennedy with new music and a session from Spanish seven-piece group El Naan.
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