Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Cello discovery
Rudolf Leopold and Raluca Stirbat play Brahms, Berg and Bartok. With Catriona Young.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Satie's Gymnopedie No 1, the Women's Voters' Hymn, Roddy Doyle
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Back to Bach
3/5Donald Macleod looks at Stravinsky's apparent return to more classical forms of music.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Belfast International Arts Festival, Schumann, Berg, Niels Gade, Per Norgard
2/4A performance by the Danish Clarinet Trio with French violinist Nicolas Dautricourt.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Mahler's Symphony No 7
Marin Alsop conducts the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No 7.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Magdalen College, Oxford
Live from the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Misha Mullov-Abbado Group and Annelien Van Wauwe
Showcasing the BBC New Generation Artists: dances and music of the night.
17:00
In Tune—Chloe Hanslip and Danny Driver, Elliot Gresty, Gareth Mattey
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—A musical pot pourri!
In Tune's specially curated mixtape, including music by Berkeley, Adams and Wagner.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The talented Boulanger sisters
James Gaffigan conducts the BBC SO, Chorus & soloists in music by Lili & Nadia Boulanger.
22:00
Free Thinking—Chaucer, Bernardine Evaristo
Anne McElvoy reads a new biography of Chaucer and talks to novelist Bernardine Evaristo.
22:45
The Essay—On Holiday with Nietzsche, For Everyone and No-One
3/5Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.
23:00
Late Junction—Rokia Traore performs live
Verity Sharp presents the sublime sound of Rokia Traore singing and playing live.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Polish Planets
Debussy and Holst from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. With Catriona Young.
