Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Yulianna Avdeeva in Warsaw
Jonathan Swain presents a piano recital of Mozart, Verdi, Liszt and Chopin.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Wendy Cope
Artist of the Week: Giuseppe Sinopoli, featured conducting Schumann's Symphony No 2.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Schumann Explores the Rhineland
2/5Donald Macleod explains how a trip to the Rhineland resulted in a symphony for Schumann.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice, Episode 1
1/4John Toal presents music by Respighi, Wolf, Mendelssohn and Schumann.(R)
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Tuesday - American Ensembles and Repertoire
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra performs Milhaud, Poulenc, Gershwin, Escobar and Sibelius
16:30
In Tune—Vienna Piano Trio, Andrew Manze, Anne Sofie von Otter, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies
Suzy Klein's guests include Anne Sofie von Otter, Christine Rice and Iestyn Davies.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Schumann Explores the Rhineland
2/5Donald Macleod explains how a trip to the Rhineland resulted in a symphony for Schumann.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—CBSO - Strauss, Copland, Rachmaninov
Andrew Gourlay conducts the CBSO in music by Strauss, Copland and Rachmaninov.
22:00
Free Thinking—Writers Writing about Love
Alain de Botton, Tahmima Anam and AL Kennedy join Anne McElvoy to talk about love in prose(R)
22:45
The Essay—Hanging On, The Ventriloquist Doll
Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.
23:00
Late Junction—Late Junction Sessions, Baluji Shrivastav, Ben Chasny and Steve Noble
Verity presents a collaboration session by Baluji Shrivastav, Ben Chasny and Steve Noble.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Dennis Russell Davies conducts Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Jonathan Swain presents an orchestration of Bach's The Art of Fugue.










