Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Rolston and Simply Quartets
Two young exciting string quartets with contemporary music. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Wednesday - Georgia’s classical picks
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Essential Schumann, Jack Liebeck, Ives's The Alcotts
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Beethoven Unleashed: In His Own Words, Unlucky in Love
3/5Donald Macleod explores Beethoven's love letters, with excerpts read by Adrian Lester.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—2019 East Neuk Festival (2/4)
Belcea String Quartet and Elisabeth Leonskaja perform Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Summer Festivals
Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony from the 2019 Verbier Festival plus more Chopin from Lugano.
15:30
Choral Evensong—St Martin-in-the-Fields
Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with St Martin’s Voices.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Eric Lu plays Mozart
Eric Lu plays Mozart's popular Piano Concerto No 23 in A.
17:00
In Tune—Andris Nelsons, Matthew Featherstone, John Savournin
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Power through with classical music
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
19:30
BBC Proms—2020, Mahler's Sixth Symphony
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform Brett Dean and Mahler.
22:00
Free Thinking—Wole Soyinka's Writing
Ben Okri, Louisa Egbunike and Oladipo Agboluaje discuss Wole Soyinka's life and work.
22:45
The Essay—Dark Blossoms, Rebranding the Buddha
3/5How Buddhism was reimagined in the service of Japanese militarism.
23:00
Night Tracks—Evening soundscape
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Camerata Variabile Basel at the 2018 Schaffhausen Bach Festival. Jonathan Swain presents.
