Schedule
Early
00:00
Slow Radio—Walking Through Time
Journeying through tolling, ticking, chiming, striking, whirring corridors of clocks.
00:30
Through the Night—Messiaen's dazzling hymn of joy
Foulds's Three Mantras and Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony from the 2015 BBC Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc's classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
09:00
Essential Classics—Friday with Ian Skelly - Witch bottles, Jessie Burton, Mozart's Magic Flute overture
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), The Curse of the Ninth
A look at Bruckner's superstitious fear of writing a ninth symphony
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Schubert Plus at Aldeburgh, Schubert and Mahler
Radio 3 New Generation Artists Eivind Ringstad and the Amatis Trio in Schubert and Mahler.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Ulster Orchestra, Schumann, Brahms
Schumann, Brahms, Part and Jessie Montgomery in live recordings by the Ulster Orchestra.
17:00
In Tune—Francesco Piemontesi, Sir Mark Elder, London Conchord Ensemble
Knockout live music from the finest musicians on the planet.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Bartok, Nils Frahm, Handel
The 'Hungarian sneezes' of Bartok's spicy First Rhapsody warm your cockles this evening.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—BBC SO, Michał Nesterowicz and Janina Fialkowska, The centenary of Polish independence
The BBC SO conducted by Micha Nesterowicz in Elgar and Lutoslawski, live from the Barbican
22:00
The Verb—Writing The Midlands
The Verb on The Midlands with Jonathan Coe, Liz Berry, Polar Bear
22:45
The Essay—A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Nose
Scottish writer AL Kennedy reflects on the ability of our nose to conjure memories.
23:00
Music Planet—Lopa Kothari from WOMEX in Las Palmas
Lopa Kothari reports from WOMEX, held, in 2018, in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Hitzacker Summer Music Days
Works by Beethoven from Germany's oldest chamber music festival presented by John Shea.
