Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Toward the Unknown Region
Works by Bruch and Vaughan Williams from the 2016 BBC Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show with a daily musical love affair.
09:00
Essential Classics—Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Ben Schott, Elgar's Cockaigne Overture
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Max Bruch (1838-1920), A real showman
Donald Macleod explores Max Bruch’s violin works. Today his second violin concerto.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Festival 2017, Beethoven and Bliss
1/4Fiona Talkington introduces works by Beethoven and Bliss.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Celebrating the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers
Major works by Brahms and Schumann followed by a mass setting by Julian Anderson
17:00
In Tune—Stile Antico, Tom Tlalim, Razumovsky Academy
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Beautiful cosmos
Ivor Cutler's paean to tea and silence, and Sun Ra's journey to find Love in Outer Space.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Completing the Orgelbüchlein
William Whitehead joins the BBC Singers in a concert as part of The Orgelbuchlein Project.
22:00
Free Thinking—Spike Lee
The film-maker talks black power, blackface and Academy Awards with Matthew Sweet.
22:45
The Essay—Five Screen Gods, Frederic March
2/5Sarah Churchwell celebrates various stars of the silver screen from the 1930s and 1940s.
23:00
Late Junction—Max Reinhardt’s Kaleidoscope of Colour
Music in every hue, tint, tone and shade. A colour wheel of expressive experimentalism.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Arctic Elements
Arctic Light and the Hamburg Girls' Choir perform contemporary vocal music from Sweden.
