Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Spoleto Festival USA
Chamber music by Messiaen, Schumann and Bach from South Carolina's festival of arts.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Georgia's classical rise and shine
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Gorecki's Third Symphony, Britten's Storm from Peter Grimes, Clare Balding
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Presented by Ian Skelly.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), Chopin the Pianist
The life and music of Fryderyk Chopin. Today, the composer's relationship with the piano.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—LSO St Luke's - Alice Sara Ott and Friends, Alice Sara Ott and Ray Chen play Grieg and Stravinsky
Virtuoso pianist Alice Sara Ott and violinist Ray Chen play music by Grieg and Stravinsky.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger
Total Immersion: Musicians from the Guildhall perform music by Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York (1987 Archive)
An archive recording from St Thomas Church, New York (first broadcast 24 July 1987).
16:30
New Generation Artists—Katharina Konradi sings Clara Schumann
Katharina Konradi and the Amatis Piano Trio perform Brahms and Schumann.
17:00
In Tune—Xuefei Yang, Alison Balsom, Olivier Latry, Mi-Sa Yang and Jonas Vitaud
Top-class live music from the world’s best musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Horns, Pipes and Hornpipes
In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Blessed Cecilia!
Vox Luminis celebrates music's patron saint at this year's Aldeburgh Festival.
22:00
Free Thinking—Cindy Sherman, Laura Cumming
The art of Cindy Sherman plus art critic Laura Cumming on the days her mother disappeared.
22:45
The Essay—Looking Good, Nicholas Shakespeare
3/5Five writers consider the pleasures of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely.
23:00
Late Junction—A Sonic History for Adventurers
Exotic and familiar sounds, radical reworks and ambient dynamism, with Nick Luscombe.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Cimarosa's Requiem
From Moldova, Handel's Concerto Grosso in D and Cimarosa's Requiem.
