Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Marie-Catherine Girod and the Ellipse Quartet
Jonathan Swain presents chamber and piano music by Saint-Saens, Faure and Castillon.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc Trelawny
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday - Sarah Walker with Wasfi Kani
Artist of the Week: Edward Gardner, featured conducting Schoenberg's Gurrelieder (Part 3).
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Inspired by the Music of Mozart
5/5Donald Macleod focuses on Messiaen's love for Mozart's music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—East Neuk Festival 2017, East Neuk Festival. 4/4
4/4Belcea Quartet and Elisabeth Leonskaja play Schubert's Trout Quintet at East Neuk Festival
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Friday - BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC SO in Novak and Vaughan Williams. Plus BBC Singers: Eric Whitacre and John Mackey.
16:30
In Tune—Proms 2017 Special
Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein with a special edition for the First Night of the 2017 Proms.
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Evening
18:30
Composer of the Week—Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Inspired by the Music of Mozart
5/5Donald Macleod focuses on Messiaen's love for Mozart's music.
19:30
BBC Proms—2017, Prom 1: First Night of the BBC Proms
The First Night of the 2017 Proms, with music by Tom Coult, Beethoven and Adams.
22:00
The Verb—The Verb's Glastonbury Utopia
Ian ponders a new way to live with Murray Lachlan Young, Nadia Rose and Kathryn Williams.
22:45
The Essay—The Love that Wrote Its Name, Colquhoun and MacBryde: More Lasting than Life
Louise Welsh on the relationship between artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.
23:00
World on 3—Kathryn Tickell - Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band in session
Kathryn Tickell with a session with the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band, plus new releases.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Romanian Radio National Orchestra
Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky from Romania.










