Schedule
Early
00:30
Music Planet World Mix—Sinéad O’Connor, shape notes and Shiv Kumar Sharma
Global beats and roots music from every corner of the world.
01:00
Through the Night—Barber and Bernstein
The Minnesota Orchestra performs Bernstein's On the Waterfront suite.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Record Review—Berlioz – The Ultimate Romantic
The best classical releases and Jeremy Sams chooses his five must-have Berlioz recordings.
11:00
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Choral connections
The BBC Singers mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Berlioz.
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Afternoon
12:15
Music Matters—Berlioz – the Ultimate Romantic
A reappraisal of the French composer on the 150th anniversary of his death.
13:00
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Berlioz and beyond
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs Berlioz's dramatic cantata, Herminie.
14:15
Sound of Cinema—Berlioz - the Ultimate Romantic
Classical composers on the silver screen.
15:00
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Berlioz and the stage
The BBC Concert Orchestra plays music by Berlioz alongside readings from his memoirs.
17:00
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Orchestral colours
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pascal Rophé in music by Berlioz, Liszt and Dutilleux.
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Evening
18:15
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Storms and seascapes
A journey through seven musical storms and seascapes with the BBC NOW and Jessica Cottis.
19:30
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic—Béatrice et Bénédict
Berlioz's last opera, Béatrice et Bénédict performed by the BBC Philharmonic.
22:00
Hear and Now—Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic
Tom Service introduces a broadcast of David Sawer’s 1989 work for radio, Swansong.
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Late
00:00
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz—Lester Young in the 1940s
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz - a weekly sequence exploring what makes great jazz great music
01:00
Through the Night—Trans-Siberian Concert
Chamber music by Dvorak and Brahms featuring Vadim Repin.
