Schedule
Early
00:30
Through the Night—Music recorded in Shanghai after the Covid-19 outbreak
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra plays Bartok, Piazzolla and Haydn. With Catriona Young.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Tuesday - Georgia’s classical alarm call
Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Ian Skelly with Gabriel Prokofiev's Spheres, essential fireworks music, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Beethoven Unleashed: Titan, The Chevalier
2/5Donald Macleod explores Beethoven and his work between 1822 and 1824.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—European Lockdown Lunchtimes (1/4)
Socially distanced chamber music: Beethoven and Rabl from the studios of Danish Radio.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2/4)
Tom McKinney with concerts recorded in Geneva.
17:00
In Tune—Dorothee Mields, Classico Latino
Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Evening
19:00
Classical Mixtape—Thirty minutes of classical Inspiration
In Tune's eclectic mix of music, including Handel, Ligeti, Bizet, Part... and some blues.
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert—Jess Gillam and BBC NOW
The renowned saxophonist joins the string section of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
22:00
Free Thinking—War in fact and fiction
Historians Margaret McMillan and Rob Johnson. Novelists Abdulrazak Gurnah and Mia Couto
22:45
The Essay—Composers and Their Dogs, Old English Sheepdogs
2/5Famous composers devoted to dogs. Dame Ethel Smyth’s obsession with Old English sheepdogs.
23:00
Night Tracks—A little night music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Twinkle, twinkle little star
Dohnanyi's Variations on a Nursery Tune and Dvorak's Symphony No 7. With Catriona Young.
