Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Camerata Variabile Basel at the 2018 Schaffhausen Bach Festival.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Alpesh Chauhan, Dowland's Lachrimae pavan, Stockhausen's Gruppen
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Devout Catholic
3/5Donald Macleod explores the importance of religion in Haydn’s life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Sounds of France, Songs by Debussy, Faure, Hahn and more
Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform French Romantic song.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Philharmonic live from Salford
Live from Salford, John Wilson conducts a concert of twentieth-century English music.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Albans Cathedral (1995 Archive)
An archive recording from St Albans Cathedral (first broadcast 29 March 1995).
16:30
New Generation Artists—Gershwin and Barber from Simon Hofele and James Newby
Simon Hofele plays Gershwin's An American in Paris
17:00
In Tune—Vikingur Olafsson, Sansara, Christopher Somerville
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Love bade me welcome
In Tune's specially curated mixtape includes music by Martland, Weir, Mozart and Beethoven
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Dmitri Shostakovich - surviving Soviet Russia
Shostakovich's Symphony No 11 live from the Barbican. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC SO.
22:00
Free Thinking—The Way We Used To Feel
From Neanderthals via Tudor England to Chartists - four historians on emotion in the past.
22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers 2019, Should Salman Rushdie Live and Let Die ?
What the BBFC archives tell us about censorship debates & a film depicting Salman Rushdie.
23:00
Late Junction—Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Collective
Max Reinhardt puts a spotlight on Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Collective.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—One bowed the other plucked
Early violin and guitar sonatas. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
