Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Silver-Garburg Piano Duo
Piano duets by Schubert and Rimsky-Korsakov. Presented by John Shea.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Petroc's classical commute
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Ian Skelly with Britten's Salley Gardens and essential viola music
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Beethoven Unleashed: Private Papers, Letter to the 'Immortal Beloved'
2/5Donald Macleod investigates an intriguing mystery about Beethoven's love life.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Cheltenham Festival 2016, Brahms and Weber from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival
1/4Brahms and Weber from the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic in music by Tchaikovsky, Gregson, Berlioz, Antheil and Shostakovich.
17:00
In Tune—Osmo Vänskä, Steven Isserlis, Ludovic Morlot
Sean Rafferty presents music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Classical music to fill half an hour
An eclectic mix handpicked by conductor Ludovic Morlot.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Pavel Kolesnikov at Wigmore Hall
Pavel Kolesnikov plays Lachenmann, Debussy, Bach, Liszt, Couperin and Schumann.
22:00
Free Thinking—Ian Rankin and Tahmima Anam
A pair of authors due to be at the Bradford Literature Festival compare notes on writing.
22:45
The Essay—New Generation Thinkers 2020, Digging Deep
2/10Susan Greaney asks whether Neolithic attitudes to the earth could shape our thinking.
23:00
Night Tracks—The great escape
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Albrecht Mayer and Sebastian Knauer from Castle, Bad Berleburg
Music for oboe and piano by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven. John Shea presents.
