Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Love and Dread
Swedish Radio Choir with works by Roxanna Panufnik, Libby Larsen and Galina Grigorjeva.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Friday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Breakfast with the Friday Poem and the next American Portrait.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Avril in Aberdeen, Angela Hewitt
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), Clementi and John Field
5/5Exploring Muzio Clementi's role as teacher to pianist and composer John Field.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Bartok Plus from LSO St Luke's in London with the Arcadia Quartet
The Arcadia Quartet play Janacek, Enescu and Bartok's String Quartet No 4.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Works by von Weber, Richard Strauss and Janacek with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.
16:30
The Listening Service—The Simple Truth
When is less more, and less less? How hard is it to achieve meaningful musical simplicity?(R)
17:00
In Tune—Lipatti Piano Quartet, Una Hunt, The Ben Somers String Band
Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—CPE Bach, Chopin, Ligeti
In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including some surprises
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Bartók Plus from LSO St Luke's in London
The Vertavo Quartet play Bartok's last String Quartets with Dvorak's 'American' Quartet.
22:00
The Verb—Molluscs
Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.
22:45
The Way I See It—Steven Pinker and Picasso
5/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection; how do they see it?
23:00
Late Junction—A Checklist for the Uncharted
Verity plays the obscure, unpronounceable and genre-free from the Nurse with Wound list.
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Late
01:00
Through the Night—Swansong for Strauss
John Wilson conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. With Jonathan Swain.













