| 00:00 | 00:30Jonathan Swain presents Monteverdi masses from the Regensburg Early Music Days Festival.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain with a concert from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Dutoit.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.
| 00:30For Ascension Thursday, Jonathan Swain introduces a programme of Bach cantatas.
| 00:30Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic at the 2010 Proms. With Jonathan Swain.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith celebrates the big band of Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Jonathan Swain presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the 2015 Proms.
| 01:00John Shea presents music by CPE Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach from the 2015 Proms.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 06:30Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring 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 | 09:00Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, in Mozart's String Quartet in D minor, K421.
| 09:00Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor.
| 09:00Artists of the Week: the Juilliard Quartet, in Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet.
| 09:00Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Beethoven's String Quartet, Op 131.
| 09:00Artists of the Week: Juilliard Quartet, featured in Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat.
| 09:00With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Martinu: Symphony No 6.
| 09:00James Jolly introduces music including Albinoni, Handel and Lepo Sumera.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5Donald Macleod explores how Beethoven's music heavily influenced Wagner.(R)
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini.(R)
| 12:003/5Donald Macleod explores how Wagner first cherished, then rejected, Meyerbeer's influence.(R)
| 12:004/5Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Wagner and Liszt.(R)
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod explores Wagner's influence on Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf.(R)
| 12:15Tom Service explores Max Reger's music and hears from composer and writer Peter Dickinson.
| 12:00Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss shares her musical passions with Michael Berkeley.(R)
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| 13:00 | 13:00Baiba Skride (violin) and Lauma Skride (piano) in Sibelius, Vasks, Rautavaara and Nielsen.
| 13:001/4Baroque violinist Rachel Podger performs music by Tartini, Biber, Roman and Matteis.(R)
| 13:002/4Pianist Ivana Gavric performs music by Grieg, Janacek and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.(R)
| 13:003/4Guy Johnston (cello) and Tom Poster (piano) perform Mendelssohn, Webern and Rachmaninov.(R)
| 13:004/4Elias Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in C (The Bird) and Britten: String Quartet No 3.(R)
| 13:00Journalist Paul Mason presents music on the theme of revolution.
| 13:00Baiba Skride (violin) and Lauma Skride (piano) in Sibelius, Vasks, Rautavaara and Nielsen.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:001/4With the Orchestre National de France in music by Mozart, Schumann, Mahler and Smetana.
| 14:002/4The Orchestre National de France in music by Schumann, Mozart, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich
| 14:003/4The Orchestre National de France performs music by Casella, Mozart and Schumann.
| 14:00Jonathan Swain presents Gounod's Romeo et Juliette from Vienna State Opera.
| 14:004/4Orchestre National de France in music by Daugherty, Schumann, Mozart, Bruckner, Ellington.
| | 14:00Lucie Skeaping visits Hampton Court Palace to explore music during King Edward VI's reign.(R)
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| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet introduces film music inspired by the idea of the entertainer.
| 15:00From Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from singer and cabaret artist Melinda Hughes.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from the Monteverdi String Band.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include conductor Stuart Stratford and pianist Igor Levit.
| 16:40Sean Rafferty with live music from Joe Stilgoe, Linus Roth and Ensemble Diderot.
| 16:30Live music from Alexandra Dariescu and Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo, plus composer Brian Tyler
| 16:00Alyn Shipton with music from Teddy Wilson and the Dutch Swing College Jazz Band.
| 16:00With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including motets by Durufle and a band of pirates from West Wales.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Claire Martin with a duo performance by saxophonist Courtney Pine and pianist Zoe Rahman.
| 17:00Tom Service and Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis explore why repetition is essential in music. 17:30Texts and music about fairy tales, with readings by Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5Donald Macleod explores how Beethoven's music heavily influenced Wagner.(R)
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini.(R)
| 18:303/5Donald Macleod explores how Wagner first cherished, then rejected, Meyerbeer's influence.(R)
| 18:304/5Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Wagner and Liszt.(R)
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod explores Wagner's influence on Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf.(R)
| 18:00Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
| 18:45Mary King explores how advances in our knowledge of anatomy are changing the way we sing.(R)
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| 19:00 | 19:30The BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pascal Rophe perform music by Henri Dutilleux.
| 19:30Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, with Khatia Buniatishvili
| 19:30The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Brahms's Violin Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1.
| 19:30Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform Vaughan Williams.
| 19:30The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgards in music by Bernstein, Britten and Shostakovich.
| | 19:30Ian Skelly presents Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven performed in concerts around Europe.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:40Poet Kate Tempest with a portrait of the Kent beach where film-maker Derek Jarman lived.(R)
| 21:00When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tom Service visits Opera North for the premiere of Pleasure and interviews Mark Simpson.(R) 22:451/5Novelist Deborah Moggach revisits her first book, written in Pakistan.(R)
| 22:00Matthew Sweet discusses home with Marina Lewycka. Plus art at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park 22:452/5Writer and painter Harland Miller on how a sign in his local eatery came to inspire him.(R)
| 22:00Philip Dodd talks to artist Olafur Eliasson and novelist Andrey Kurkov. 22:453/5Actress Janet Suzman recalls working on the film Nicholas and Alexandra.(R)
| 22:00Alain de Botton, Tahmima Anam and AL Kennedy join Anne McElvoy to talk about love in prose 22:454/5Stephen Coates of the band the Real Tuesday Weld recalls writing an early song in London.(R)
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's word cabaret, with guests Helen Mort and and Ann Higgins. 22:455/5Director Roger Michell describes working on his first television drama, Downtown Lagos.(R)
| 22:00Ivan Hewett marks the centenaries of maverick composers Milton Babbitt and Moondog.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Soweto Kinch presents a set by Theo Croker and DVRK Funk from the 2015 Pori Jazz Festival.
| 23:00Adventures in music, ancient to future: Verity Sharp presents music celebrating May.
| 23:00Adventures in music, ancient to future: Verity Sharp with music including Ninebarrow.
| 23:00Verity Sharp presents a special mixtape from Newcastle-based folk musician Richard Dawson.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari is joined by Jo Frost to announce the Songlines Music Awards 2016.
| | 23:30Ensemble Peregrina perform motets and tropes from the 12th to the 14th century.
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