| 00:00 | 00:30Catriona Young presents an all-Bach programme from the 2015 Proms.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a concert by the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a concert from New Zealand including Liszt and Rachmaninov.
| 00:30Catriona Young presents a concert including music by Dvorak and Shostakovich.
| 00:30Catriona Young introduces a recital from the Chopin and His Europe Festival.
| | 00:00Geoffrey Smith surveys the music of guitarist Joe Pass.
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| 01:00 | | | | | | 01:00Catriona Young presents a concert of music by Britten, Nielsen and Janacek.
| 01:00Catriona Young presents a concert by the Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra.
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| 06:00 | 06:30Clemency Burton-Hill with 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 | | | | | | 07:00Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
| 07:00Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Artist of the Week: William Christie, featured conducting Charpentier's Te Deum.
| 09:00With Artist of the Week: William Christie, featured conducting Lully's Atys (Prologue).
| 09:00Artist of the Week: William Christie, featured conducting music by Mozart.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: William Christie, featured as keyboard player in Royer and Handel.
| 09:00Artist of the Week: William Christie, featured conducting Purcell's King Arthur (excerpt).
| 09:00Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of classical music.
| 09:00Jonathan Swain explores reflections of the Russian Orthodox Church in music.
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| 12:00 | 12:001/5With Monteverdi's rapid rise from Cremona choirboy to string player and composer at Mantua
| 12:002/5Donald Macleod on how Monteverdi devised one of the world's first operas, L'Orfeo.
| 12:003/5How Monteverdi, frustrated by his employers' ingratitude, turned to the Church for work.
| 12:004/5Focusing on Monteverdi's acquiring a pet monkey as well as a plague outbreak in Venice.
| 12:005/5Donald Macleod on Monteveri's final collection of madrigals and last two surviving operas.
| 12:15Tom Service meets young composer and violinist Alma Deutscher.
| 12:00Michael Berkeley's guest is historian Bettany Hughes.
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| 13:00 | 13:00From Wigmore Hall, Tasmin Little and John Lenehan in sonatas by Brahms and Strauss.
| 13:001/4From the Frick Collection, New York, music by Handel, Mozart and Schubert.
| 13:002/4From the Frick Collection, New York, music by Schubert, Bartok and Mussorgsky.
| 13:003/4Javier Perianes (piano) performs Schubert and Ravel at the Frick Collection in New York.
| 13:004/4From the Frick Collection, New York, music by Finzi and Brahms.
| 13:00James Rhodes presents music, including Stravinsky, Sibelius and Schumann.
| 13:00From Wigmore Hall, Tasmin Little and John Lenehan in sonatas by Brahms and Strauss.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Featuring music by Britten, Harvey, Borisova-Ollas, Shostakovich, Mozart and Walton.
| 14:00The Ulster Orchestra in Nielsen, Bruch and Mendelssohn. Plus BBC SO in Bartok and Eotvos.
| 14:00With the BBC Singers performing music by Harvey, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto.
| 14:00Rene Jacobs conducts a performance of Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.
| 14:00BBC Symphony Orchestra in music by Suk, Glanert, Beethoven, Roxanna Panufnik and Martinu.
| | 14:00Florilegium perform music by Telemann at the 2017 London Festival of Baroque Music.
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| | | 15:00Matthew Sweet presents a selection of film music inspired by the Arthurian legends.
| 15:00From Lincoln Cathedral.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30Suzy Klein's guests include pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and conductor Karina Canellakis.
| 16:30Suzy Klein presents, with live music from violinist Joo Yeon Sir and pianist Danny Driver.
| 16:30Suzy Klein's guests include cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and contralto Sonia Prina.
| 16:45Suzy Klein's guests include soprano Karen Slack and pianist Leslie Howard.
| 16:30Suzy Klein's guests include violinist Jennifer Pike and pianist Jeremy Denk.
| 16:00Alyn Shipton presents a selection of requests, including Chris Biscoe and Alison Neale.
| 16:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents music written to honour Mary, mother of Jesus.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Julian Joseph presents bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in concert at the London Jazz Festival.
| 17:00Tom Service explores the role of the conductor. 17:30Texts and music about circles, curves and contours. Readers: Deborah Findlay, Hugh Fraser.
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| 18:00 | 18:301/5With Monteverdi's rapid rise from Cremona choirboy to string player and composer at Mantua
| 18:302/5Donald Macleod on how Monteverdi devised one of the world's first operas, L'Orfeo.
| 18:303/5How Monteverdi, frustrated by his employers' ingratitude, turned to the Church for work.
| 18:304/5Focusing on Monteverdi's acquiring a pet monkey as well as a plague outbreak in Venice.
| 18:305/5Donald Macleod on Monteveri's final collection of madrigals and last two surviving operas.
| 18:30An English National Opera production of Ryan Wigglesworth's new work The Winter's Tale.
| 18:45Mahan Esfahani discovers the past and present of African-American classical music.
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| 19:00 | 19:30The Freiburg Baroque Consort and Vox Luminis perform Monteverdi's monumental Vespers.
| 19:30The Takacs Quartet performs Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 6, 17 and 9.
| 19:30Karina Canellakis conducts the CBSO in music by Franck, Saint-Saens and Rachmaninov.
| 19:30Celebrating music of the Reformation, a concert of music focusing on the organ.
| 19:30English Chamber Orchestra with cellist/director Nicolas Altstaedt in Haydn and Veress.
| | 19:30Petroc Trelawny presents highlights from the 2017 International Opera Awards.
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| 21:00 | | | | | | 21:00Clare Hammond performs piano music by contemporary British composer Kenneth Hesketh.
| 21:00A version of Le Cid, seeing the 11th-century Spanish hero before his rise to fame.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the radical side of Claudio Monteverdi's music.(R) 22:451/5Richard Eyre on conversations with Arthur Miller and directing The Crucible on Broadway.(R)
| 22:00With artist Taryn Simon, a discussion about circuses and a debate about 'deglobalisation'. 22:452/5Actress Margot Leicester on her experiences working in the rehearsal room with Miller.(R)
| 22:00Anne McElvoy and her guests discuss German-Russian history, US electioneering and crime. 22:453/5Screenwriter Ron Hutchinson on working with Arthur Miller's drafts and handwritten notes.(R)
| 22:00Philip Dodd discusses speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo. 22:454/5David Thacker discusses his close friendship and working relationship with Arthur Miller.(R)
| 22:00Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, exploring confessions. 22:455/5Playwright Tony Kushner reflects on the importance of Arthur Miller in US theatre.(R)
| 22:001/3New music from Tectonics Festival Glasgow: BBC SSO and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell.
| 22:30Hannah French introduces Tempesta di Mare in concert at the Frick Collection in New York.
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| 23:00 | 23:00With musicians involved in Monteverdi in the Spirit of Jazz album, plus a Marius Neset gig
| 23:00Verity pays tribute to composer Lou Harrison and his tuning experiments.
| 23:00Verity Sharp with songs for the middle of May and a dub tribute to Dylan Thomas.
| 23:00Nick Luscombe previews BBC Music's involvement at Brighton festival The Great Escape 2017.
| 23:00Lopa Kothari introduces a session with The East Pointers and new world music releases.
| | 23:30Elena Sharkova conducts the BBC Singers in Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil.
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