Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—From Barber to Bernstein
Minnesota Orchestra performs Barber's Violin Concerto with Susie Park.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical alternative
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Rachel Riley, Lord Berners
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), God
3/5The music and life of Gustav Mahler. Today, his ambivalent relationship to religion.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—A Crowning Jewel
Schubert's last quintet from the Budleigh Music Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC National Orchestra of Wales: St Davids Cathedral Festival
Poulenc and Saint‐Saens from the St Davids Cathedral Festival with organist David Briggs.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Wells Cathedral (2014 Archive)
An archive recording from Wells Cathedral (first broadcast 19 March 2014).
16:30
New Generation Artists—Clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe
Annelien Van Wauwe plays French music.
17:00
In Tune—Joyce DiDonato, Daniel Kharitonov, Charlotte Harding
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—A to Z
Two's company in the In Tune Mixtape, with pairs of pianos, oboes and opera characters.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—The Organ Resounds
David Briggs in a spectacular concert featuring a fully improvised organ symphony.
22:00
Free Thinking—Anxiety
Comedian Sofie Hagen, Colombian novelist Héctor Abad & Isabel Hardman join Shahidha Bari.
22:45
The Essay—Beyond Borders, Wendy Erskine - Knock Knock, Who's There?
Writer Wendy Erskine takes us through doorways that open up portals into other worlds.
23:00
Late Junction—Free improv and the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Max Reinhardt with some blazing free-improv and Laurie Anderson's musings on reincarnation
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Oh, I do like to be beside Lake Thun
Swiss lakeside concert by Malin Broman (violin) and Teo Gheorghiu (piano) from Thun Castle













