Schedule
Early
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Jimmy Smith
Geoffrey Smith selects some of the best recordings by Hammond organ master Jimmy Smith.
01:00
Through the Night—Dinu Lipatti Centenary
To mark Dinu Lipatti's centenary, John Shea presents music composed and performed by him.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday at Free Thinking
Martin Handley presents a special Free Thinking edition of Radio 3's breakfast show.
09:00
Sunday Morning—The Speed of Life
Live at Sage Gateshead, Jonathan Swain presents an edition for Free Thinking Festival 2017
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Juliet Nicolson
Michael Berkeley's guest is historian Juliet Nicolson.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Wigmore Hall Mondays: Kungsbacka Trio
Live from Wigmore Hall, London. The Kungsbacka Trio performs Schumann and Ravel.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Free Thinking - Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
The Avison Ensemble performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at Free Thinking 2017 in Gateshead
15:00
Choral Evensong—Winchester College
From the Chapel of Winchester College.(R)
16:00
Choir and Organ—Voices of Hope
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is live at Sage Gateshead for the Free Thinking Festival 2017.
17:00
The Listening Service—Music - It's About Time
Tom Service explores how music warps and changes our sense of how time is flowing.
17:30
Words and Music—Free Thinking: The Speed of Life
Music and readings on the theme of 'the speed of life'. With Kim Gerard and Samuel West.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Whatcha Doin', Marshall McLuhan?
Ken Hollings reassesses the life and career of 1960s media theorist Marshall McLuhan.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Beethoven, Ligeti and Mussorgsky
With Beethoven and Ligeti performed in Helsinki and Mussorgsky from Amsterdam.
21:00
Drama on 3—Fanny and Alexander, Episode 2
2/2After Fanny and Alexander's father dies they move with their mother to the bishop's palace(R)
22:15
Early Music Late—Cut Circle
Elin Manahan Thomas introduces a concert of Renaissance polyphony given by Cut Circle.
23:15
Night Music—Music on the Brink of Destruction
Ian Skelly presents music written and performed in the Terezin and Warsaw ghettos.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra perform Villa-Lobos and Antonio Estevez. With John Shea.
