| 00:00 | 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a concert of music by Kodaly on the 50th anniversary of his death.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents a concert of wind music performed by the Ma'alot Quintet.
| 00:30For International Women's Day, Catriona Young presents music solely by female composers.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents music by Goldmark, Brahms, Dvorak and Borodin.
| 00:30Jonathan Swain presents nautical-themed music, including the BBC NOW at the 2012 Proms.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith explores Oliver Nelson's classic album The Blues and the Abstract Truth.
| |
|---|
| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Jonathan Swain presents a programme of Schubert, Shostakovich, Hartmann and Beethoven.
| 01:00Jonathan Swain presents a concert from Dublin including Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 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.
| 06:30Clemency Burton-Hill is joined in the studio by composer and pianist Alissa Firsova.
| 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.
| | | |
|---|
| 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.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00With Artist of the Week: Tasmin Little, featured in Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: violinist Tasmin Little, in Schubert's Violin Sonata in A minor.
| 09:00With Sarah Walker and guest curator Sally Beamish.
| 09:00Including Artist of the Week: violinist Tasmin Little, featured in Part's Fratres.
| 09:00With Artist of the Week: Tasmin Little, featured performing Moeran's Violin Concerto.
| 09:00Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of classical music.
| 09:00Jonathan Swain celebrates sunlight in music by Delius, Sibelius, MacMillan and CPE Bach.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 11:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00Donald Macleod explores the work of composer, poet and mystic St Catherine of Bologna.
| 12:00The musical legacy of Lucrezia Borgia and her favourite composer, Bartolomeo Tromboncino.
| 12:00Leonora d'Este and Raffaella Aleotti, two pioneering composers of Renaissance Ferrara.
| 12:00How an earthquake in Ferrara led to the creation of a unique ensemble of virtuoso women.
| 12:00The death of the 'singing ladies' era, when the Duchy met a shockingly abrupt end.
| 12:15Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews conductor Simone Young. Plus a tribute to Dinu Lipatti.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley guest is actress Frances Barber.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London, Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Wadsworth perform English songs.
| 13:001/4Ian Skelly presents music by Grieg, Rautavaara, Saariaho, Beethoven and Schubert.
| 13:00Kate Molleson with the UK premiere of a resdiscovered piano sonata by Fanny Mendelssohn.
| 13:002/4Ian Skelly presents music by Rautavaara, Schubert, Obradors and Jukka Linkola.
| 13:003/4Ian Skelly presents music by Sibelius, Schumann, Schubert and Rautavaara.
| 13:00Children's TV presenter Chris Jarvis chooses music composed for, and about, children.
| 13:00From Wigmore Hall, London, Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Wadsworth perform English songs.(R)
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:00The BBC National Orchestra of Wales in music by Tann, Watkins, Pickard and Ethel Smyth.
| 14:00BBC NOW in Britten, Bantock, Rhian Samuel, Morfydd Owen, Charlie Barber and Nyman.
| 14:00As part of International Women's Day, Katie Derham is joined by composer Tansy Davies.
| 14:00Katie Derham introduces a recording of Ethel Smyth's comic opera The Boatswain's Mate.
| 14:00BBC NOW in music by Tabakova, Martland, Fitkin, Vaughan Williams, Bliss and Lynne Plowman.
| | 14:00Ruby Hughes sings music composed by 17th-century women and arias featuring tragic heroines
| |
|---|
| 15:00 | | | 15:30From Truro Cathedral on International Women's Day.
| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet meets composer Anne Dudley.
| 15:00From Truro Cathedral on International Women's Day.(R)
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include Leif Ove Andsnes and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include Adrian Brendel's Tango Band and Sir Mark Elder.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents a special edition of the show for International Women's Day.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty's guests include Trio Medieval with Arve Henriksen, and Roberto Fonseca.
| 16:30Sean Rafferty presents, with guests Imogen Cooper, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Jordi Savall.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests in all styles of jazz.
| 16:00Baroque violinist Rachel Podger talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her love of singing.
| |
|---|
| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Claire Martin presents a BBC Introducing set by Scottish jazz trio Johnstone/Jarvie/Lowrie(R)
| 17:00Tom Service asks when is noise just noise, and when is it music.(R) 17:30A sequence of poetry, prose and music, with readings by Ewan Bailey and Clare Perkins.
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:30Donald Macleod explores the work of composer, poet and mystic St Catherine of Bologna.
| 18:30The musical legacy of Lucrezia Borgia and her favourite composer, Bartolomeo Tromboncino.
| 18:30Leonora d'Este and Raffaella Aleotti, two pioneering composers of Renaissance Ferrara.
| 18:30How an earthquake in Ferrara led to the creation of a unique ensemble of virtuoso women.
| 18:30The death of the 'singing ladies' era, when the Duchy met a shockingly abrupt end.
| 18:00Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a performance of Verdi's La Traviata.
| 18:45Flora Willson traces the roots of global opera broadcasting to old New York.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:30The BBC Concert Orchestra performs music with the theme of death and mortality.
| 19:30The BBC Philharmonic performs Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht and Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
| 19:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Open Ear: new music by women for International Women's Day.
| 19:30The BBC NOW and Xian Zhang perform Zemlinsky, Mendelssohn and a new work by Kate Whitley.
| 19:30Richard Farnes conducts the BBC SSO in music by Butterworth, MacMillan and Elgar.
| | 19:30Music by Mozart and Brahms from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Sunday Morning Concert series.
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 21:00 | | | 21:30The world premiere of Kate Whitley's Speak Out, setting the words of Malala Yousafzai.
| | | 21:30A musical exploration by transgender women of voice and gender.
| 21:001/2Through the eyes of Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family.(R)
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00Featuring conductors Marin Alsop, Sylvia Caduff and Daniel Barenboim.(R) 22:45Author Sarah Churchwell explains how actress Katharine Hepburn inspired her.
| 22:00Philip Dodd and guests explore the continuing relevance of Machiavelli's The Prince. 22:45Sarah Churchwell discusses the work of actress Barbara Stanwyck.
| 22:00Anne McElvoy and guests including Tracy Chevalier on women neglected in standard histories 22:45Sarah Churchwell discusses the original 'blonde bombshell', actress Jean Harlow.
| 22:00Author Michael Lewis joins Matthew Sweet to explore risk-taking in sport and in finance. 22:45Sarah Churchwell discusses her affection for the work of Hollywood actress Joan Crawford.
| 22:00An extended interview with the prolific American novelist Paul Auster. 22:45Author and broadcaster Sarah Churchwell discusses the work of actress Bette Davis.
| 22:00Jazz saxophonist Trish Clowes talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her Emulsion V project.
| 22:15Elin Manahan Thomas introduces highlights from the 2016 Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival.
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Soweto Kinch presents a concert given in Hamburg by the Christian Muthspiel Four.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington remembers Alice Coltrane. Plus Spanish flamenco and Estonian folk.
| 23:00Annette Peacock and Kerry Andrew join Fiona Talkington to share music by female composers.
| 23:00Fiona Talkington's selection includes Carnatic sacred songs and the music of the Moomins.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari introduces a live session with Portuguese fado star Lula Pena.
| | 23:15Avishai Cohen Trio in concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Bastien Stil.
| |
|---|
