Schedule
Early
00:00
Freeness—Landscape Symphonies
Kim Macari sits in with music inspired by different environments.
01:00
Through the Night—Glorious Handel
Arias and choruses from Handel's oratorios and operas, presented by Catriona Young.
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Morning
07:00
Breakfast—Sunday - Martin Handley
Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
09:00
Sunday Morning—Sarah Walker with a kaleidoscopic musical mix
Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Afternoon
12:00
Private Passions—Kate Bingham
Michael Berkeley’s guest is the former head of the vaccine taskforce, Dame Kate Bingham.
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert—Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen
Live from Wigmore Hall, violinist Augustin Hadelich plays sonatas by Beethoven and Ravel.(R)
14:00
The Early Music Show—Telemann in Poland
Polish folk tunes and their influence on the music of Georg Philipp Telemann.(R)
15:00
Choral Evensong—Buckfast Abbey
From Buckfast Abbey with the choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.(R)
16:00
Jazz Record Requests—New discoveries and evergreen classics
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
17:00
The Listening Service—Classical Crossover
Tom Service turns his ears to a musical world where classical and pop converge.
17:30
Words and Music—Two
Famous couples and pairs, present in nature and in cultures, inspired by the number two.
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Evening
18:45
Sunday Feature—Nixon in China
Exploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.
19:30
Drama on 3—The A-Z of Things, H is for Hair
By Emily Burnett. Jas is 27. Her hair is falling out, and now she's falling apart.
20:00
Drama on 3—The A-Z of Things, C is for Campervan
By Hannah Morley. Laurie wakes up in her campervan, crashed in the snow. What happened?
20:30
Record Review Extra—Scriabin's Piano Music
Natasha Loges presents more from the freshest recordings in classical music.
23:00
The World in a Grain of Sand—3. Shifting Sands
Tenor Mark Padmore concludes his personal chronological survey of modern English art song.
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Late
00:00
Classical Fix—Chris Hawkins
Linton Stephens mixes a classical playlist for BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Chris Hawkins.
00:30
Through the Night—Symphonie fantastique
The Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra performs Berlioz's masterpiece.
