Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—National Youth Orchestra at the BBC Proms
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Nicola Bendetti at 2019's Proms. Catriona Young presents.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Petroc's classical mix
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Ian Skelly with Grieg's Butterfly and essential music for children
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—Beethoven Unleashed: Return to Form, On the Edge
3/5Donald Macleod reveals the earliest reactions to Beethoven’s groundbreaking late quartets.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Guitarist Sean Shibe at London's Wigmore Hall
Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe in music by JS Bach and Steve Reich.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Garrick Ohlsson in Dukas, Barber and Debussy.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick
Recorded in St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Alexander Gadjiev in Chopin
Alexander Gadjiev plays Chopin and Alessandro Fisher sings six delicious Italian songs.
17:00
In Tune—Robert Trevino, Joe Stilgoe
Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Nightingales and memories
Today's In Tune playlist, an eclectic mix of music including nightingales and memories.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Glorious orchestral soundworlds from Tippett, Szymanowski and Debussy.
22:00
Free Thinking—Robin Askwith
The actor talks to Matthew Sweet about a childhood affected by polio and his career.
22:45
The Essay—Islands, Staffa
3/5Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
23:00
Night Tracks—Around midnight
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—The final frontier
Holst's The Planets and Katarina Leyman's Undulating Blue. Catriona Young presents.
