Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Great British Youth at the Proms
With the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the 2018 Proms.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Georgia’s classical picks
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly - Dvorak's Wind Serenade, Kelsey Grammer, Jacqueline du Pre plays Elgar
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Alban Berg (1885-1935), This is hell in the true sense of the word
Berg suffers a brutal time in the army and writes a shocking, brilliant opera.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—High Jinks and Lyricism: Schumann and Mendelssohn
Schumann and Mendelssohn played by pianist Zee Zee with members of the Calidore Quartet.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Music by Bach, Rautavaara and Shotakovich.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Canterbury Cathedral
Live from Canterbury Cathedral.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Over the rim of the moon - Alessandro Fisher sings Michael Head
Tenor Alessandro Fisher and cellist Andrei Ionita perform works by Head and Carwithen.
17:00
In Tune—2019 BBC Proms special with Stephanie Childress, Crewdson and Cevanne, and 12 Ensemble
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Music for concentration
A sequence of classical, alternative and world music designed to help you concentrate.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The Rose Lake
Live from the Barbican, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO in Tippett's evocation of Senegal.
22:00
Free Thinking—Why We Need Weepies
From Bambi and Titanic to EastEnders - Matthew Sweet asks what makes us cry and why?
22:45
The Essay—Behold the Man, Christ as the Man of Sorrows by Jacobello del Bonomo
At the National Gallery, Muslim journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik discovers a brown Christ.
23:00
Late Junction—An alternative string quartet collaboration session
Max presents Elliot Galvin, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Sam Underwood and Cheng Yu in session.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Voces Suaves and Cafebaum
Choral music from the 2018 Schaffhausen Bach Festival in Switzerland. With John Shea.
