Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Longing for Italy
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. With Jonathan Swain
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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 Ian Skelly: Pearsall's Lay a Garland, Essential Haydn, Nicholas Mulroy
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Beethoven Unleashed: Withdrawal, Humiliation
3/5Beethoven is dragged back to court as Karl’s mother tries to win back custody of her son.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Clarinet classics with Julian Bliss
Live fom Wigmore Hall, London, music for clarinet and piano by Debussy and Brahms.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—The BBC Philharmonic (3/4)
Symphonies by British composers and Schubert played by the BBC Philharmonic.
15:30
Choral Evensong—Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, New Zealand
From Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, New Zealand.
16:30
New Generation Artists—Schubert and Beethoven
Pianist Eric Lu, mezzo Ema Nikolovska and Anastasia Kobekina cello
17:00
In Tune—David Harrington, Anne Lovett & Romain Malan
Katie Derham with music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—30 minutes of Classical Inspiration
In Tune's specially curated mixtape featuring Florence Price, Nico Muhly and Williamson.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—VOCES8: Nature in Music
The acclaimed vocal ensemble performs Jonathan Dove's song cycle 'The Passing of the Year'
22:00
Free Thinking—African Europeans, Fidel Castro and African leaders, WEB Du Bois
Professors Olivette Otele and Simon Hall on understanding connections in black history
22:45
The Essay—Thinking Black, Bert Williams
3/5Writer Colin Grant explores the history and evolution of minstrelsy.
23:00
Night Tracks—Evening soundscape
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Chamber ensembles in Turin
Beethoven String Trio and Quintet at Arturo Toscanini RAI Auditorium. With Jonathan Swain.
