Schedule
Early
00:00
Sounds Connected—Part 7: Uchenna Ngwe
Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar.
00:30
Through the Night—RIAS Chamber Chorus with Capella de la Torre
James MacMillan and Gabrieli from 2019 Heinrich Schütz Music Festival with Jonathan Swain.
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Morning
06:30
Breakfast—Monday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
09:00
Essential Classics—Ian Skelly with Essential Davina Shum , Strauss's The Blue Danube Waltz and Foulds' Holiday Stekches
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Afternoon
12:00
Composer of the Week—Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), A Difficult Relationship
1/4Donald Macleod explores Grieg's links with Bergen, and Troldhaugen – the house he built.
13:05
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Mozart in Bath and Bradford-on-Avon (1/4)
Sarah Walker presents highlights from Bath Mozart Minifest 2020.
14:00
Afternoon Concert—European Summer Festivals (1/3)
Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert, Klosters Music Festival and Gottfried Silbermann Days.
16:30
Early Music Now—European Summer Festivals
Utopia vocal ensemble in 16th-century polyphony by Palestrina, Morales, Lasso and Gombert.
17:00
In Tune—In Tune Remembers...
Sean Rafferty pays tribute to some of the musicians we lost in 2020.
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Evening
18:15
Words and Music—Hey, Little Hen
Sophie Thompson and Alex Waldmann enter the curious world of man's old friend the chicken.
19:30
BBC Proms—Proms 2020, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov.
20:45
BBC Proms—Proms 2020, Viennese Night
A celebration of Viennese operetta with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Bramwell Tovey.
22:00
Jacob Collier's Music Room—The music that got me through 2020
Jacob chooses the classical, jazz and folk music that's got him through 2020
23:00
Night Tracks—Music for midnight
Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
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Late
00:30
Through the Night—Louis Schwizgebel plays Ravel
Ravel's Piano Concerto in G from Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents.












